CVE-2008-6978

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Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in Full Revolution aspWebAlbum 3.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in pics/, related to the uploadmedia action in album.asp.

Published: 2009-08-19 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6978 is rated High Exploit Risk (79/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 11.44%, 93th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.17% 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-2008-6978

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6420 exploit_db edb 2008-09-10 Exploit-DB ↗
6357 exploit_db edb 2008-09-03 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6978

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 2025-09-11 7.27% 11.44% +4.17%
2 2025-03-30 16.69% 7.27% -9.42%
3 2025-03-29 — 16.69% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6978

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-2008-6978

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6978

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fullrevolution aspwebalbum 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:fullrevolution:aspwebalbum:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6978

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