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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2008-5220 in the critical feed json

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in admin/upload_form.php in wPortfolio 0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…

published 2008-11-25 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-5197

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
14.3%
EPSS 14.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in admin/upload_form.php in wPortfolio 0.3 and earlier 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 admin/tmp/.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-7165)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

14.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-7165 wPortfolio 0.3 - Arbitrary File Upload webapps, 2008-11-19
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32367 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-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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