CVE-2008-6189 — SQL injection vulnerability in GForge 4.5.19 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the offset parameter to (1) new/index.php, (2) news/index.php, and (3) top/topusers.php, which is not properly handled in database-pgsql.php

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SQL injection vulnerability in GForge 4.5.19 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the offset parameter to (1) new/index.php, (2) news/index.php, and (3) top/topusers.php, which is not properly handled in database-pgsql.php

Published Feb 19, 2009

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.32%

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in GForge 4.5.19 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the offset parameter to (1) new/index.php, (2) news/index.php, and (3) top/topusers.php, which is not properly handled in database-pgsql.php.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.32% 0.02321

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

EPSS probability 0.02321

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	2.32% (0.02321)	82.84th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.32% (0.02321)	81.17th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.15% (0.00151)	33.21th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.10% (0.00102)	43.31th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 10, 2024	0.10% (0.00102)	42.10th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.10% (0.00102)	40.03th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-89

SQL Injection

References (3)

http://gforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=5552&group_id=1&atid=105
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/32217
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45802
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://gforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=5552&group_id=1&atid=105		x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/32217		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45802		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 19, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Feb 19, 2009

Link CVE-2008-6189

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-6189

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-6189