CVE-2008-5000

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2008-5000 · Published 10/11/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-5000 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting phpx (phpx).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.95%, higher than 61.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
phpx phpx	`= 3.5.16`	No fix yet

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in admin/includes/news.inc.php in PHPX 3.5.16, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via uppercase characters in the news_id parameter.

References

secunia.com/advisories/32564 · Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com/securityalert/4572
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46548
exploit-db.com/exploits/6996

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