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/.
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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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7563 | exploit_db | edb | 2008-12-23 | 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 | 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)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| w2b | phpemployment | 1.8 | cpe:2.3:a:w2b:phpemployment:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |