CVE-2008-6920

Exp

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in auth.php in phpEmployment 1.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension during a regnew action, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in photoes/.

Published: 2009-08-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-6920 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.88%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.36% 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-2008-6920

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7563 exploit_db edb 2008-12-23 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6920

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 2025-12-29 5.52% 8.88% +3.36%
2 2025-03-30 10.25% 5.52% -4.73%
3 2025-03-29 10.25%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6920

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-2008-6920

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6920

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
w2b phpemployment 1.8 cpe:2.3:a:w2b:phpemployment:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6920

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