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high 7.1

CVE-2008-5677 json

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in Kwalbum 2.0.4, 2.0.2, and earlier, when PICS_PATH is located in the web root, allows remote authe…

published 2008-12-18 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-5648

cvss
7.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.1%
EPSS 4.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in Kwalbum 2.0.4, 2.0.2, and earlier, when PICS_PATH is located in the web root, allows remote authenticated users with upload capability to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file under items/, related to the ReplaceBadFilenameChars function in include/ItemAdder.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-6664)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

4.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-6664 Kwalbum 2.0.2 - Arbitrary File Upload webapps, 2008-10-03
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31568 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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