THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-6822
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-6822

Imgupload vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
4.3%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in uploadp.php in New Earth Programming Team (NEPT) imgupload (aka Image Uploader) 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension and a modified content type, then accessing this file via a direct request, as demonstrated by an upload with an image/jpeg content type. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Affected vendor
Newearthpt
Affected product
Imgupload
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2009-06-04

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 4.3% 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-2008-6822

  • Confirm whether Newearthpt Imgupload is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-6822.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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