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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.8

CVE-2008-1559 json

SQL injection vulnerability in the Bernard Gilly AlphaContent (com_alphacontent) 2.5.8 component for Joomla!

published 2008-03-31 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-1560

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

SQL injection vulnerability in the Bernard Gilly AlphaContent (com_alphacontent) 2.5.8 component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id parameter in a view action to index.php.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-5310)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

0.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-5512 Joomla! Component Alphacontent 2.5.8 - Blind SQL Injection webapps, 2008-04-27
  • EDB-5310 Joomla! Component Alphacontent 2.5.8 - 'id' SQL Injection webapps, 2008-03-25
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28443 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

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

References

Sources

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