CVE-2008-0849 — SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in the Downloads (com_downloads) component for Mambo and Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the cat parameter in a selectcat function, a different vector than CVE-2008-0652

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SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in the Downloads (com_downloads) component for Mambo and Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the cat parameter in a selectcat function, a different vector than CVE-2008-0652

Published Feb 21, 2008

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.14%

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in the Downloads (com_downloads) component for Mambo and Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the cat parameter in a selectcat function, a different vector than CVE-2008-0652.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.14% 0.01137

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01137

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.14% (0.01137)	65.37th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.14% (0.01137)	62.28th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.01% (0.00011)	0.71th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.13% (0.00131)	49.68th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 10, 2024	0.10% (0.00102)	42.24th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.10% (0.00102)	40.18th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-89

SQL Injection

References (4)

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3676
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488291/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27860
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40621
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3676		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488291/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27860		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40621		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 21, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Feb 20, 2008

Link CVE-2008-0849

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-0849

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-0849