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CVE-2008-3489

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3489 describes a critical SQL injection vulnerability in PHPX version 3.5.16, specifically within the checkCookie function in includes/functions.inc.php. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands by manipulating the PXL cookie. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog and showing no active community discussion or media coverage, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, indicating its potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.5.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpx:phpx:3.5.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-6176 · Jul 31, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0101 is in the 36th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

securityreason.com / securityalert/4112
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/44240
exploit-db.com / exploits/6176
securityfocus.com / bid/30478