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CVE-2008-6517

• 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: 2009-03-25 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in NewsHOWLER 1.03 Beta allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the news_user cookie parameter.

Affected products

• Nick Jenkin Newshowler: 1.0.3_beta

References

• http://osvdb.org/52236
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495548/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30732
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44519
• http://osvdb.org/52236
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495548/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30732
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44519

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