CVE-2008-6948

Exp

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in Collabtive 0.4.8 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension and using a text/plain MIME type, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in files/, related to (1) the showproject action in managefile.php or (2) the Messages feature.

Published: 2009-08-12 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6948 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.87%, 94th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.75% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-6948

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7076 exploit_db edb 2008-11-10 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6948

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 2.12% 7.87% +5.75%
2 2025-05-30 2.37% 2.12% -0.25%
3 2025-04-08 — 2.37% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6948

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-6948

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6948

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
collabtive collabtive 0.4.8 cpe:2.3:a:collabtive:collabtive:0.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6948

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