CVE-2008-2686

Flux Cms vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

3.9%

EPSS pct

89th

Exploited

No known

webinc/bxe/scripts/loadsave.php in Flux CMS 1.5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by overwriting a PHP file in webinc/bxe/scripts/ via a filename in the XML parameter and PHP sequences in the request body, then making a direct request for this filename.

Affected vendor

Flux Cms

Affected product

Flux Cms

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Published

2008-06-13

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

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