Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-5226

Title: Mambo Injection (SQLi/OSi)

Injection (SQLi/OSi)

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-5226

CWE Category CWE-89
Published Date Nov 25, 2008
Modified Date Apr 09, 2025
Exploit Status Available
Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.48%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-5226: SQL injection vulnerability in the MambAds (com_mambads) component 1.0 RC1 Beta and 1.0 RC1 for Mambo allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the ma_cat parameter in a view action to index.php, a different vector than CVE-2007-5177.

Impacted Vendors

J
joomla 1
M
mambo-foundation 1
M
mambads 1
M
mamboserver 1
M
mambo 1

Reference Links

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4630 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29433 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42747 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5692 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4630 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29433 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42747 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5692
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-5226 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5692
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.