CVE-2008-0492

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Persits.XUpload.2 ActiveX control in XUpload.ocx 3.0.0.4 and earlier in Persits XUpload 3.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the AddFile method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2008-01-30 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-0492 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 74.29%, 99th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.85% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-0492

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16576 exploit_db edb 2010-05-09 Exploit-DB ↗
4987 exploit_db edb 2008-01-25 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0492

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-16 68.44% 74.29% +5.85%
2 2026-02-24 66.66% 68.44% +1.78%
3 2025-03-30 — 66.66% —

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0492

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-0492

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0492

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
persits xupload 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:persits:xupload:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0492

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