CVE-2007-1255

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-03-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in admin.bbcode.php in Connectix Boards 0.7 and earlier allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a crafted GIF smiley image with a .php extension via the uploadimage parameter to admin.php, which can be later accessed via a direct request for the file in smileys/. NOTE: this can be leveraged with a separate SQL injection issue for remote unauthenticated attacks.

Affected products

Connectix Boards: 0.4, 0.4.1, 0.4.2, 0.4.3, 0.4.4, 0.5 (+8)

References

http://osvdb.org/33538
http://secunia.com/advisories/24255
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2364
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460947/100/0/threaded
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3352
http://osvdb.org/33538
http://secunia.com/advisories/24255
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2364
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460947/100/0/threaded
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3352

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