CVE-2008-4767

PHP-Nuke DownloadsPlus Module - Arbitrary File Upload

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the DownloadsPlus module in PHP-Nuke allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with (1) .htm, (2) .html, or (3) .txt extensions, then accessing it via a direct request to the file. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information. NOTE: it is unclear how allowing the upload of .html or .txt files supports arbitrary code execution; this might be legitimate functionality.

Vulnerabilidad de subida de fichero sin restricción en el módulo DownloadsPlus en PHP-Nuke, permite a atacantes remotos ejecutar código de su elección a través la subida de ficheros con la extensión (1) .htm, (2) .html, o (3) .txt y después accediendo a ellos mediante una petición directa al archivo. NOTA: el origen de esta información es desconocido. Los detalles han sido obtenidos de terceros. NOTA: no está claro cómo permitiendo la subida de archivos .txt o .html se permite la ejecución arbitraria de código; es posible que sea una funcionalidad legítima.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-04-24 First Exploit
2008-10-27 CVE Reserved
2008-10-28 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.juniper.net/security/auto/vulnerabilities/vuln28919.html	X_refsource_misc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28919	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42007	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31702	2008-04-24

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Php-nuke Search vendor "Php-nuke"	Downloadsplus Module Search vendor "Php-nuke" for product "Downloadsplus Module"	*	-	Affected	in	Phpnuke Search vendor "Phpnuke"	Php-nuke Search vendor "Phpnuke" for product "Php-nuke"	*	-	Safe