CVE-2008-7215

Exp

The Image Manager in MOStlyCE before 2.4, as used in Mambo 4.6.3 and earlier, allows remote attackers to rename arbitrary files and cause a denial of service via modified file[NewFile][name], file[NewFile][tmp_name], and file[NewFile][size] parameters in a FileUpload command, which are used to modify equivalent variables in $_FILES that are accessed when the is_uploaded_file check fails.

Published: 2009-09-11 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-7215 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.81%). 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-2008-7215

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-7215

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 2.10% 1.81% -0.28%
2 2025-03-30 2.24% 2.10% -0.14%
3 2025-03-29 — 2.24% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-7215

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-7215

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-7215

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mambo-foundation mambo <= 4.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:mambo-foundation:mambo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mambo-foundation mambo 4.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:mambo-foundation:mambo:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
brilaps mostlyce <= 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:brilaps:mostlyce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-7215

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