CVE-2008-1559
SQL injection vulnerability in the Bernard Gilly AlphaContent (com_alphacontent) 2.5.8 component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id parameter in a view action to index.php.
Does this matter?
2 public exploits are published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 0.9%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
SQL injection vulnerability in the Bernard Gilly AlphaContent (com_alphacontent) 2.5.8 component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id parameter in a view action to index.php.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.92% probability · 60th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 25 March 2008
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Affected
- bernard gilly/com alphacontent
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.