CVE-2008-5727: Netcat

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

SQL injection vulnerability in modules/auth/password_recovery.php in AIST NetCat 3.12 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the query string.

Affected products

• Netcat Netcat: up to and including 3.12; version 1.1 only; version 2.0 only; version 2.1 only; version 2.2 only; version 2.3 only; …

Published 2008-12-26. Last modified 2026-06-16.