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CVE-2008-0683

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0683 describes a critical SQL injection vulnerability in the ShiftThis Newsletter (st_newsletter) plugin for WordPress, specifically within the shiftthis-preview.php component. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands by manipulating the 'newsletter' parameter, leading to potential compromise of database integrity and data disclosure. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, and public exploit code exists on ExploitDB. Despite its age and the availability of exploit code, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:st_newsletter_plugin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-5053 · Feb 3, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0255 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exploit-db.com / exploits/5053
securityfocus.com / bid/27586
Exploit