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medium 6.5

CVE-2008-6948 json

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in Collabtive 0.4.8 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file…

published 2009-08-12 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-6908

cvss
6.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.9%
EPSS 7.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in Collabtive 0.4.8 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension and using a text/plain MIME type, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in files/, related to (1) the showproject action in managefile.php or (2) the Messages feature.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-7076)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

7.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-7076 Collabtive 0.4.8 - Cross-Site Scripting / Authentication Bypass / Arbitrary File Upload webapps, 2008-11-10

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

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.