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CVE-2008-7040

SQL injection vulnerability in ahah/sf-profile.php in the Yellow Swordfish Simple Forum module...

7.5 HighPublic exploit

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 likelihood

2.80%Up 1.8 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

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.

Record
CVE-2008-7040
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-89
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2008-7040
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-6999 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2008-6999
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2xvq-8gjc-grfh No score

SQL injection vulnerability in ahah/sf-profile.php in the Yellow Swordfish Simple Forum module...

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.

Record
GHSA-2xvq-8gjc-grfh
Weakness
CWE-89
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBYellow Swordfish Simple Forum 1.x - 'sf-profile.php' SQL Injection2008-02-18

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2008-7040 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Yellowswordfish Simple Forum, published August 24, 2009. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.80%, the 86th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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