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CVE-2008-1726

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1726 describes multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in KnowledgeQuest 2.6, specifically when the magic_quotes_gpc setting is disabled. Attackers can exploit this by injecting arbitrary SQL commands through the 'kqid' parameter in articletext.php and articletextonly.php, and the 'username' parameter in logincheck.php. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity, as it can be exploited remotely with medium complexity to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB (EDB-5421), though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:myknowledgequest:knowledgequest:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-5421 · Apr 9, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0158 is in the 48th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/29716
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41746
exploit-db.com / exploits/5421
osvdb.org / 44254
osvdb.org / 44255
osvdb.org / 44256
securityfocus.com / bid/28713
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/28716
Exploit