CVE-2008-6517

NewsHOWLER 1.03 Beta - SQL Injection via news_user Cookie Parameter

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-6517. PoCs published by Khashayar Fereidani.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates an SQL injection vulnerability in NewsHOWLER by manipulating the 'news_user' cookie to inject a UNION-based SQL query, potentially allowing unauthorized data access or modification.

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in NewsHOWLER 1.03 Beta allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the news_user cookie parameter.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Khashayar Fereidani · textwebappsphp

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32271

View Code ZIP pw:eip

This exploit demonstrates an SQL injection vulnerability in NewsHOWLER by manipulating the 'news_user' cookie to inject a UNION-based SQL query, potentially allowing unauthorized data access or modification.

Classification

Working Poc 90%

Attack Type

Sqli

Complexity

Trivial

Reliability

Reliable

Target: NewsHOWLER (version not specified)

No auth needed

Prerequisites: Victim must visit a malicious link or have their cookie manipulated

MITRE ATT&CK

T1189 - Drive-by Compromise T1505 - Server Software Component

devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30732

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495548/100/0/threaded

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44519

Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb

http://osvdb.org/52236

Scores

EPSS 0.0097

EPSS Percentile 57.3%

Details

CWE

CWE-89

Status published

Products (1)

nick_jenkin/newshowler 1.0.3_beta

Published Mar 25, 2009

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026