CVE-2008-5226 — SQL injection vulnerability in the MambAds (com_mambads) component 1.0 RC1 Beta and 1.0 RC1 for Mambo allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the ma_cat parameter in a view action to index.php, a different vector than CVE-2007-5177

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SQL injection vulnerability in the MambAds (com_mambads) component 1.0 RC1 Beta and 1.0 RC1 for Mambo allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the ma_cat parameter in a view action to index.php, a different vector than CVE-2007-5177

Published Nov 25, 2008

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.01%

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the MambAds (com_mambads) component 1.0 RC1 Beta and 1.0 RC1 for Mambo allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the ma_cat parameter in a view action to index.php, a different vector than CVE-2007-5177.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.01% 0.01010

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

EPSS probability 0.01010

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	1.01% (0.01010)	61.82th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.01% (0.01010)	58.47th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.16% (0.00160)	34.33th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.11% (0.00107)	45.08th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 2, 2023	0.11% (0.00107)	43.14th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.10% (0.00099)	39.44th	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 (4)

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4630
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29433
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42747
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5692
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4630		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29433		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42747		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5692		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Nov 25, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Nov 25, 2008

Link CVE-2008-5226

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-5226

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-5226