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CVE-2008-2189

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2189 describes a SQL injection vulnerability in the viewfaqs.php component of AnServ Auction XL, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands through the 'cat' parameter. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is moderately severe, requiring medium attack complexity but potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB (EDB-5543), though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:anserv:auction_xl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-5543 · May 5, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0133 is in the 38th 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

advisories.echo.or.id / adv/adv92-K-159-2008.txt
secunia.com / advisories/30089
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/3874
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42214
exploit-db.com / exploits/5543
securityfocus.com / archive/1/491608/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/29053