THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-6931
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2008-6931

Phpcareers vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
3.4%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in PHPStore Job Search (aka PHPCareers) allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension as a resume photo, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in jobseekers/jobseeker_profile_images.
Affected vendor
Phpstore
Affected product
Phpcareers
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2009-08-11

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-6931

  • Confirm whether Phpstore Phpcareers is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-6931.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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