Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in upload.php in Phlatline's Personal Information Manager (pPIM) 1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a .php file, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in the top-level directory.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-4428 is rated High Exploit Risk (87.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.03%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: 3 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8105 | exploit_db | edb | 2009-02-25 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 6231 | exploit_db | edb | 2008-08-11 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 6215 | exploit_db | edb | 2008-08-10 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 7.18% | 7.03% | -0.16% |
| 2 | 2025-12-12 | 9.24% | 7.18% | -2.06% |
| 3 | 2025-11-23 | — | 9.24% | — |
Full EPSS history (14 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| phlatline | personal_information_manager | <= 1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:phlatline:personal_information_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |