CVE-2008-0916 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the Highwood Design hwdVideoShare (com_hwdvideoshare) 1.1.3 Alpha component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the cat_id parameter in a viewcategory action to index.php.

Published: 2008-02-22

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:highwood_design:hwdvideoshare:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-0923	SQL injection vulnerability in the Highwood Design hwdVideoShare (com_hwdvideoshare) 1.1.3 Alpha component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the cat_id parameter in a viewcategory action to index.php.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00973.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/29044
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27907
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40711
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5160

History

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Subscriptions

Highwood Design Hwdvideoshare

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-02-22T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:01:40.110Z

Reserved: 2008-02-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-0916

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-02-22T23:44:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:50:35.993

Link: CVE-2008-0916

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-89
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

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