CVE-2008-6921

Phpadboard vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

5.1%

EPSS pct

91th

Exploited

No known

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in index.php in phpAdBoard 1.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in photoes/.

Affected vendor

W2b

Affected product

Phpadboard

CVSS vector

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

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Published

2009-08-10

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 5.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

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