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CVE-2008-2096

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2096 describes a SQL injection vulnerability in BackLinkSpider, specifically affecting versions of its backlink_spider component. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands by manipulating the 'cat_id' parameter in requests to files like link.php or backlinkspider.php. With a CVSS score of 6.8 (medium severity) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 85/100, successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized data access, modification, or deletion. While not listed on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:backlinkspider:backlink_spider:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-5546 · May 5, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0108 is in the 23rd percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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, 0.0 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

securityreason.com / securityalert/3857
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42189
exploit-db.com / exploits/5546
securityfocus.com / archive/1/491612/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/29054
Exploit