CVE-2008-5434

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in PunBB 1.3 and 1.3.1 allow remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) order_by or (2) direction parameter to admin/users.php, or (3) configuration options to admin/settings.php.

Affected products

Punbb: 1.3, 1.3.1

References

http://punbb.informer.com/
http://punbb.informer.com/forums/topic/20475/punbb-132/
http://punbb.informer.com/wiki/punbb13/bugs#potential_sql-injections_at_adminusers.php_page
http://punbb.informer.com/wiki/punbb13/bugs#potential_sql-injections_in_adminsettings.php_via_configuration_values
http://secunia.com/advisories/33059
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/09/3
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47185
http://punbb.informer.com/
http://punbb.informer.com/forums/topic/20475/punbb-132/
http://punbb.informer.com/wiki/punbb13/bugs#potential_sql-injections_at_adminusers.php_page
http://punbb.informer.com/wiki/punbb13/bugs#potential_sql-injections_in_adminsettings.php_via_configuration_values
http://secunia.com/advisories/33059

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