CVE-2008-0799

HIGH 7.5CVE-2008-0799 · Published 15/02/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-0799 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting com quiz (joomla), com quiz (mambo).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.00%, higher than 62.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
com quiz joomla	`≤ 0.81`	No fix yet
com quiz mambo	`≤ 0.81`	No fix yet

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in the Quiz (com_quiz) 0.81 and earlier component for Mambo and Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the tid parameter in a user_tst_shw action.

References

secunia.com/advisories/28980
securityfocus.com/bid/27808
exploit-db.com/exploits/5119

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