CVE-2008-2701

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-06-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the GameQ (com_gameq) component 4.0 and earlier for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the category_id parameter in a page action to index.php.

Affected products

Joomla! Com Gameq: 4.0

References

http://packetstormsecurity.org/0806-exploits/joomlagameq-sql.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/30570
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498903/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498923/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29592
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32633
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42929
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5752
http://packetstormsecurity.org/0806-exploits/joomlagameq-sql.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/30570
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498903/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498923/100/0/threaded

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