CVE-2008-3867
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 · uneditedSQL injection vulnerability in spaces/emailuser.php in Interact 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the email_user_key parameter.
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 · high confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in the email_user_key parameter of spaces/emailuser.php in Interact 2.4.1 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to inject and execute arbitrary SQL commands by supplying malicious input through this parameter.
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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= 2.4.1CVSS 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
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:M/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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Identify Interact installation and versionLocate Interact installation directories and check version files or headers (typically in version.php, README, or installation metadata within the web root)Affected if Installed version is Interact 2.4.1 exactly (the only version listed as affected)
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Locate the vulnerable script fileSearch the web server document root for spaces/emailuser.php - check all installed instances or virtual hosts if multiple installations existAffected if The file spaces/emailuser.php exists in the installed Interact application directory
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Inspect email_user_key parameter handlingOpen spaces/emailuser.php in a text editor and locate code handling the email_user_key parameter - verify if it is directly concatenated into SQL queries without prepared statements, parameter binding, or input sanitizationAffected if The email_user_key parameter is used in dynamic SQL queries without parameterized queries or proper escaping
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Check application accessibilityVerify that the vulnerable endpoint is accessible without authentication (no login required to access spaces/emailuser.php with the email_user_key parameter)Affected if The email_user_key parameter can be supplied via HTTP GET or POST requests without authentication
You are affected if Interact 2.4.1 is installed and the spaces/emailuser.php file contains unprotected SQL query construction using the email_user_key parameter accessible to unauthenticated users.
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 and implement proper input validation on the email_user_key parameter before using it in database queries.
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