SQL injection vulnerability in ahah/sf-profile.php in the Yellow Swordfish Simple Forum module for Wordpress allows remote attackers to exe…

Published 17 y ago 2009-08-24 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-16 · JSON

CVSS

7.5

v2.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

2.8%

percentile 87%

Public exploits

Exploit-DB

SQL injection vulnerability in ahah/sf-profile.php in the Yellow Swordfish Simple Forum module for Wordpress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the u parameter. NOTE: this issue was disclosed by an unreliable researcher, so the details might be incorrect.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.80% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

EDB-31227 Yellow Swordfish Simple Forum 1.x - 'sf-profile.php' SQL Injection · webapps · 2008-02-18

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	2.0	7.5	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`

Classification

Weakness

CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

References

securityfocus.com /archive/1/488279 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
osvdb.org /52210 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/41578 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/27854 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2008-7040
NVD: CVE-2008-7040

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