CVE-2008-1297: Ewriting

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in the eWriting (com_ewriting) 1.2.1 module for Mambo and Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the cat parameter in a selectcat action.

Affected products

• Ewriting Ewriting: version 1.2.1 only
• Joomla! Com Ewriting: version 1.2.1 only
• Mambo Com Ewriting: version 1.2.1 only

Published 2008-03-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.