CVE-2008-3117

Exp

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in update_profile.php in PHPmotion 2.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a .php file with a content type of (1) image/gif, (2) image/jpeg, or (3) image/pjpeg, then accessing it via a direct request to the file under pictures/.

Published: 2008-07-10 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-3117 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.25%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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-2008-3117

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5938 exploit_db edb 2008-06-25 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3117

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 2026-06-15 3.01% 3.25% +0.24%
2 2025-12-08 3.64% 3.01% -0.63%
3 2025-08-30 3.64%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3117

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-3117

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2008-3117

Impact: Information from the vendor and further analysis show that the application is not affected by these issues.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3117

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpmotion phpmotion <= 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmotion:phpmotion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmotion phpmotion 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmotion:phpmotion:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3117

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