CVE-2008-6849

Exp

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in index.php in phpGreetCards 3.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a via a link that is listed by userfiles/number_shell.php.

Published: 2009-07-07 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6849 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.33%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2008-6849

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7561 exploit_db edb 2008-12-23 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6849

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 6.19% 2.33% -3.86%
2 2025-12-29 4.45% 6.19% +1.73%
3 2025-03-30 — 4.45% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6849

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-2008-6849

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6849

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
w2b phpgreetcards 3.7 cpe:2.3:a:w2b:phpgreetcards:3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6849

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