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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2008-0246 json

admin.php in UploadScript 1.0 does not check for the original password before making a change to a new password, which allows remote attack…

published 2008-01-12 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-0258

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.5%
EPSS 3.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

admin.php in UploadScript 1.0 does not check for the original password before making a change to a new password, which allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges via the pass parameter in a nopass (Set Password) action.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-4871)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

3.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-4871 UploadImage/UploadScript 1.0 - Remote Change Admin Password webapps, 2008-01-09
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27203 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.