CVE-2008-0514

Joomla Glossary Component - SQL Injection via catid Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-0514. PoCs published by S@BUN.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a SQL injection vulnerability in Joomla's Glossary V2.0 component. It leverages a union-based SQLi to extract username and password hashes from the 'mos_users' table.

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in the Glossary (com_glossary) 2.0 component for Mambo and Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the catid parameter in a display action.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by S@BUN · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5010

This exploit demonstrates a SQL injection vulnerability in Joomla's Glossary V2.0 component. It leverages a union-based SQLi to extract username and password hashes from the 'mos_users' table.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Sqli
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Joomla Glossary V2.0
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Target must have the vulnerable Glossary component installed and accessible
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0357
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5010
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40038
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27505

Scores

EPSS 0.0097
EPSS Percentile 57.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-89
Status published
Products (2)
joomla/glossary 2.0
mambo/glossary 2.0
Published Jan 31, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026