CVE-2008-6326
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 login.php in Simple Customer as downloaded on 20081118 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the email parameter. 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 confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in the email parameter of login.php in Simple Customer allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands. This is a classic SQL injection flaw in an authentication mechanism 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 dataall versionsCVSS 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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Identify Simple Customer installationSearch the web server document root for the Simple Customer application files, specifically looking for login.php or directories containing 'simplecustomer' or 'simple-customer'. Check common web paths like /var/www/, /htdocs/, or C:\inetpub\wwwroot\.Affected if The Simple Customer application is found on the server
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Locate login.phpFind the login.php file within the Simple Customer installation directory. Common paths may include /login.php or /SimpleCustomer/login.php at the web root.Affected if login.php exists in the Simple Customer directory structure
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Examine email parameter handlingOpen login.php in a text editor and search for the email parameter handling code. Look for sections where $_POST['email'] or $_GET['email'] is used in SQL queries without proper sanitization functions like mysql_real_escape_string, mysqli_escape_string, or parameterized queries.Affected if The email parameter is concatenated directly into SQL queries without escaping or parameterization
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Verify authentication flow is reachableConfirm that login.php is accessible via HTTP/HTTPS to remote users. Test by accessing the login page URL in a browser or using curl to request the endpoint.Affected if The login.php page is accessible over the network to unauthenticated users
If Simple Customer with its login.php file is present and accessible, and the email parameter is used in SQL queries without sanitization or prepared statements, the environment is affected by CVE-2008-6326.
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 or prepared statements. Validate and sanitize all user inputs, particularly in authentication-related code.
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