THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-0246
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-0246

Uploadimage vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
3.5%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
admin.php in UploadScript 1.0 does not check for the original password before making a change to a new password, which allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges via the pass parameter in a nopass (Set Password) action.
Affected vendor
Uploadscript
Affected product
Uploadimage
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2008-01-12

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-0246

  • Confirm whether Uploadscript Uploadimage is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-0246.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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