CVE-2008-7301
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 admin/login.php in jSite 1.0 OE allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the username 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 · low confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in the admin/login.php file of jSite 1.0 OE allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary SQL commands through the username parameter during the login process. This could enable attackers to bypass authentication, extract sensitive data from the database, or potentially execute operating system commands depending on database configuration.
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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= 1.0CVSS 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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Confirm jSite installationSearch the webroot for jSite files, typically in a /jsite/ or similar directory, or check the server for jSite application directories.Affected if jSite is not found on the system, the vulnerability does not apply.
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Identify installed versionLocate version information in jSite files such as a version.php file, README, or within the application code itself. Compare against the affected version 1.0.Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.0.
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Verify admin/login.php existsCheck for the presence of admin/login.php file in the jSite installation directory.Affected if The file admin/login.php exists in the jSite installation.
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Confirm login functionality is accessibleDetermine whether the login page at admin/login.php is accessible via web request (not blocked by authentication, network restrictions, or removed entirely).Affected if The login page is accessible over the network.
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Check for SQL injection exposureReview the source code of admin/login.php and locate the login authentication logic that processes the username parameter. Determine if user input is directly concatenated into SQL queries without parameterization.Affected if The username parameter is incorporated into SQL queries without prepared statements or parameterization.
A user is affected if they have jSite version 1.0 installed with the admin/login.php file accessible and the username parameter handled without SQL parameterization.
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 dataImplement parameterized queries (prepared statements) for all database queries that incorporate user input, particularly in the login authentication logic. Additionally, apply input validation and employ least-privilege database accounts to limit the impact of any successful SQL injection.
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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-2008-7301 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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