Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-7040

Title: Yellowswordfish Simple Forum Injection (SQLi/OSi)

SQLi

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-7040

CWE Category CWE-89

Published Date Aug 24, 2009

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.80%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-7040: SQL injection vulnerability in ahah/sf-profile.php in the Yellow Swordfish Simple Forum module for Wordpress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the u parameter. NOTE: this issue was disclosed by an unreliable researcher, so the details might be incorrect.

Impacted Vendors

wordpress 1

the_web_drivers 1

yellowswordfish 1

Reference Links

http://osvdb.org/52210 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488279 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27854 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41578 http://osvdb.org/52210 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488279 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27854 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41578

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-2008-7040 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31227

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 24, 2009 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.