CVE-2008-5967

Exp

admin/index.php in PHP iCalendar 2.3.4, 2.24, and earlier does not require administrative authentication for an addupdate action, which allows remote attackers to upload a calendar (aka .ics) file with arbitrary content to the calendars/ directory outside the web root.

Published: 2009-01-26 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-5967 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.79%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.01% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-5967

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6519 exploit_db edb 2008-09-21 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5967

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 2026-03-18 3.78% 4.79% +1.01%
2 2026-01-26 3.68% 3.78% +0.10%
3 2025-12-13 3.68%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5967

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5967

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-5967

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-5967 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phpicalendar), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, upstream): DNE 6, ignored 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5967

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5967

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpicalendar phpicalendar <= 2.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:phpicalendar:phpicalendar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpicalendar phpicalendar 0.7 cpe:2.3:a:phpicalendar:phpicalendar:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpicalendar phpicalendar 0.8 cpe:2.3:a:phpicalendar:phpicalendar:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpicalendar phpicalendar 0.9 cpe:2.3:a:phpicalendar:phpicalendar:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpicalendar phpicalendar 0.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:phpicalendar:phpicalendar:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpicalendar phpicalendar 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpicalendar:phpicalendar:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpicalendar phpicalendar 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpicalendar:phpicalendar:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpicalendar phpicalendar 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpicalendar:phpicalendar:2.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpicalendar phpicalendar 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpicalendar:phpicalendar:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpicalendar phpicalendar 2.0c cpe:2.3:a:phpicalendar:phpicalendar:2.0c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpicalendar phpicalendar 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpicalendar:phpicalendar:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpicalendar phpicalendar 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpicalendar:phpicalendar:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpicalendar phpicalendar 2.21 cpe:2.3:a:phpicalendar:phpicalendar:2.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpicalendar phpicalendar 2.22 cpe:2.3:a:phpicalendar:phpicalendar:2.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpicalendar phpicalendar 2.23 cpe:2.3:a:phpicalendar:phpicalendar:2.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpicalendar phpicalendar 2.23 cpe:2.3:a:phpicalendar:phpicalendar:2.23:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpicalendar phpicalendar 2.24 cpe:2.3:a:phpicalendar:phpicalendar:2.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5967

cvelogic Threat Intelligence