CVE-2008-0855

Joomla and Mambo com_facileforms - SQL Injection via catid Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-0855. PoCs published by S@BUN.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates an SQL injection vulnerability in Facile Forms by injecting a UNION-based query to extract username and password hashes from the jos_users table. The attack leverages unsanitized user input in the catid parameter to manipulate the SQL query.

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the Facile Forms (com_facileforms) component for Joomla! and Mambo allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the catid parameter to index.php.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by S@BUN · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31242

This exploit demonstrates an SQL injection vulnerability in Facile Forms by injecting a UNION-based query to extract username and password hashes from the jos_users table. The attack leverages unsanitized user input in the catid parameter to manipulate the SQL query.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Sqli
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Facile Forms (Joomla component)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Target must have Facile Forms installed · Target must be vulnerable to SQL injection in the catid parameter
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488335/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3679
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27880

Scores

EPSS 0.0095
EPSS Percentile 56.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-89
Status published
Products (2)
joomla/com_facileforms
mambo/com_facileforms
Published Feb 21, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026