Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This is a legacy SQL injection issue in Invision Gallery 2.0.7 and earlier. A remote attacker could abuse the album parameter in a rating request to run SQL against the application database. Business risk depends on whether this old gallery software is still exposed.
Executive priority
Treat this as urgent if any affected Invision Gallery instance remains public. The vulnerability is old, database-impacting, and has public exploit reference material, but active exploitation is not established in the supplied sources.
Technical view
CVE-2008-0421 is SQL injection through the album parameter in a rate command in Invision Gallery 2.0.7 and earlier. The source bundle states arbitrary SQL command execution is possible. No CVSS, CWE, vendor patch, or precise CPE metadata is provided.
Likely exposure
Likely exposure is limited to legacy Invision Gallery 2.0.7 or earlier installations, especially internet-facing sites with rating functionality enabled. The source bundle’s affected-product metadata is incomplete, so asset confirmation is required.
Exploitation context
A public Exploit-DB reference exists, indicating public exploit information. The bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or any cited evidence of active exploitation in the wild.
Researcher notes
The record is sparse: no CVSS, CWE, CPE, patch reference, or vendor advisory is included. The core evidence is the CVE description and Exploit-DB reference. Validate exposure before assigning remediation ownership.
Mitigation direction
- Identify and retire exposed Invision Gallery 2.0.7 or earlier installations.
- Check vendor or maintainer guidance for available upgrades or fixes.
- Restrict public access to any legacy gallery instance pending remediation.
- Disable vulnerable rating functionality if supported by the application.
- Review database accounts for least privilege and unnecessary write access.
Validation and detection
- Search asset inventory for Invision Gallery deployments and versions.
- Confirm whether any affected gallery routes are internet-facing.
- Review web logs for suspicious rating requests targeting album handling.
- Verify database privileges used by the gallery application.
- Document whether remediation is upgrade, removal, isolation, or vendor-guided mitigation.
Public sources used
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Database behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- 4966CVE reference · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
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CWE details
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