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CVE-2008-5287

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5287 describes a critical SQL injection vulnerability in Werner Hilversum FAQ Manager 1.2, specifically within the catagorie.php script. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands by manipulating the 'cat_id' parameter. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), successful exploitation can lead to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected database. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, indicating a readily available attack vector for this high-risk vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:scripts4you:faq_manager:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-7224 · Nov 25, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0115 is in the 42nd 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

osvdb.org / 50185
secunia.com / advisories/32868
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/4664
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/46833
exploit-db.com / exploits/7224
securityfocus.com / bid/32466
Exploit