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CVE-2008-6920
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in auth.php in phpEmployment 1.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a…
High7.5EPSS 5.1%
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- mitre
Description
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in auth.php in phpEmployment 1.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension during a regnew action, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in photoes/.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.1% · top 7.6% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- phpemployment-auth-file-upload(47592) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2008-3508 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 33268 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 33000 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 50981 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 7563 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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