CVE-2008-5863

Woltlab Burning Board 3.0 - SQL Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-5863. PoCs published by katharsis.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a SQL injection vulnerability in Userlocator 3.0 to extract user password hashes by brute-forcing each character of the hash via ASCII values. It checks for vulnerability by injecting a single quote and then extracts the hash character-by-character using a predefined charset.

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in locator.php in the Userlocator module 3.0 for Woltlab Burning Board (wBB) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the y parameter in a get_user action.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by katharsis · perlwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7530

This exploit targets a SQL injection vulnerability in Userlocator 3.0 to extract user password hashes by brute-forcing each character of the hash via ASCII values. It checks for vulnerability by injecting a single quote and then extracts the hash character-by-character using a predefined charset.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Sqli
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Userlocator 3.0
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Target URL must be running Userlocator 3.0 · User ID must be known or guessable
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4874
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7530
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47887
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32960

Scores

EPSS 0.0097
EPSS Percentile 57.2%

Details

CWE
CWE-89
Status published
Products (1)
v-gn/userlocator 3.0
Published Jan 06, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026