CVE-2008-7157

Exp

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in EkinBoard 1.1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading an avatar file with an executable extension followed by a safe extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in uploaded/avatars/.

Published: 2009-09-02 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2008-7157 is rated High Exploit Risk (71/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.67%). 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-2008-7157

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
4859 exploit_db edb 2008-01-07 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-7157

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 2025-03-30 3.41% 2.67% -0.74%
2 2025-03-29 2.67% 3.41% +0.74%
3 2025-03-17 — 2.67% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-7157

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-2008-7157

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-7157

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ekinboard ekinboard <= 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:ekinboard:ekinboard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-7157

cvelogic Threat Intelligence