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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2008-0245 json

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

published 2008-01-12 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-0257

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

admin.php in UploadImage 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

2.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% 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 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.