HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-5677

Kwalbum vulnerability

CVSS
7.1
EPSS
4.1%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in Kwalbum 2.0.4, 2.0.2, and earlier, when PICS_PATH is located in the web root, allows remote authenticated users with upload capability to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file under items/, related to the ReplaceBadFilenameChars function in include/ItemAdder.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Affected vendor
Kwalbum
Affected product
Kwalbum
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2008-12-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-5677

  • Confirm whether Kwalbum Kwalbum is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-5677.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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