CVE-2008-5088 — Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in PHPKB Knowledge Base Software 1.5 Professional allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the ID parameter to (1) email.php and (2) question.php, a different vector than CVE-2008-1909

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Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in PHPKB Knowledge Base Software 1.5 Professional allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the ID parameter to (1) email.php and (2) question.php, a different vector than CVE-2008-1909

Published Nov 14, 2008

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.97%

Description

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in PHPKB Knowledge Base Software 1.5 Professional allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the ID parameter to (1) email.php and (2) question.php, a different vector than CVE-2008-1909.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.97% 0.00975

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

EPSS probability 0.00975

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	0.97% (0.00975)	60.72th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.97% (0.00975)	57.34th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.15% (0.00147)	32.55th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.06% (0.00064)	29.84th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 21, 2024	0.06% (0.00064)	27.88th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.06% (0.00064)	25.85th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.99% (0.00986)	37.57th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 9, 2022	0.99% (0.00986)	35.83th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.99% (0.00986)	33.83th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.99% (0.00986)	17.63th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-89

SQL Injection

References (3)

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4599
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31279
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6510
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4599		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31279		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6510		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Nov 14, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Nov 14, 2008

Link CVE-2008-5088

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-5088

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-5088