CVE-2008-3178 (GCVE-0-2008-3178)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-07-15 18:03 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:28
VLAI
Summary
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in upload_pictures.php in WebXell Editor 0.1.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a .php file with a jpeg content type, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in upload/.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3991 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2016… vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/30948 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30117 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6015 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Date Public
2008-07-07 00:00
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