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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2019-8923 json

XAMPP through 5.6.8 and previous allows SQL injection via the cds-fpdf.php jahr parameter.

published 2019-05-14 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-18311

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.9%
EPSS 3.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

XAMPP through 5.6.8 and previous allows SQL injection via the cds-fpdf.php jahr parameter. NOTE: This product is discontinued.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-46424)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

3.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-46424 XAMPP 5.6.8 - SQL Injection / Persistent Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2019-02-19
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151756/XAMPP-5.6.8-Cross-Site-Scripting-SQL-Injection.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.