CVE-2008-6490

Flaber vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

4.2%

EPSS pct

90th

Exploited

No known

function/update_xml.php in FLABER 1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files by specifying the target filename in the target_file parameter. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by overwriting a PHP file, as demonstrated using function/upload_file.php.

Affected vendor

Flysforum

Affected product

Flaber

CVSS vector

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

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Published

2009-03-19

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 4.2% 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-2008-6490

Confirm whether Flysforum Flaber is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-6490.
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