CVE-2008-3212
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMultiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Scripteen Free Image Hosting Script 1.2.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) username or (2) password parameter to admin/login.php, or the (3) uname or (4) pass parameter to login.php. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceMultiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Scripteen Free Image Hosting Script 1.2.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the username/password parameters in admin/login.php and uname/pass parameters in login.php. The vulnerabilities exist in authentication forms where user input is not properly sanitized before being used in SQL queries.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 1.2.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Scripteen Free Image Hosting Script is installedLook for the presence of typical Scripteen script files in the web root (e.g., index.php, login.php, admin/login.php). Check for folders named 'script' or 'imagehost' containing Scripteen files.Affected if The Scripteen Free Image Hosting Script files are present on the server.
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Confirm the installed version is 1.2.1Search for a version identifier file or check the source code for a version number. Common locations include a 'version' file, header comments in PHP files, or an 'about' page.Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.2.1.
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Verify vulnerable login.php exists and is accessibleCheck for the existence of login.php in the web-accessible root directory. Confirm the file contains code that handles 'uname' and 'pass' parameters in SQL queries without sanitization.Affected if login.php exists and processes user input from 'uname' and 'pass' parameters in SQL statements.
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Verify vulnerable admin/login.php exists and is accessibleCheck for the existence of admin/login.php in the web-accessible directory. Confirm the file contains code that handles 'username' and 'password' parameters in SQL queries without sanitization.Affected if admin/login.php exists and processes user input from 'username' and 'password' parameters in SQL statements.
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Confirm the application is network-accessibleVerify the web application is accessible over HTTP/HTTPS from an external or internal network location.Affected if The application is reachable via network requests, exposing the vulnerability to potential attackers.
You are affected if Scripteen Free Image Hosting Script version 1.2.1 is installed and accessible, with vulnerable login.php and admin/login.php files handling SQL queries without parameterized statements.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataReplace dynamic SQL queries with parameterized queries (prepared statements) in both login.php and admin/login.php. Input validation and escaping should also be implemented as defense-in-depth.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2008-3212 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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