CVE-2008-3489

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—Exploit

Severity7.5High · CVSS 2.0

Exploitation probability1.01 %higher than 63% of CVEs

Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog

Public exploitAvailablePublished on Exploit-DB

SQL injection vulnerability in checkCookie function in includes/functions.inc.php in PHPX 3.5.16 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a PXL cookie.

CVSS

Base score: 7.5
Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.01 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 63
Score date: 10/22/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Published on Exploit-DB · PHPX 3.5.16 - Cookie Poisoning / Authentication Bypass (7/31/2008)

Affected technologies (1)

Phpx — Phpx

CWEs

CWE-89

References

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Raw JSON (NVD)

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