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CVE-2008-5226

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-11-25 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-89

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

• Mambads: 1.0-rc1, 1.0-rc1_beta
• Mambo: all versions

References

• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4630
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29433
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42747
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5692
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4630
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29433
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42747
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5692

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