CVE-2008-4767

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-10-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the DownloadsPlus module in PHP-Nuke allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with (1) .htm, (2) .html, or (3) .txt extensions, then accessing it via a direct request to the file. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information. NOTE: it is unclear how allowing the upload of .html or .txt files supports arbitrary code execution; this might be legitimate functionality.

Affected products

Php-Nuke Downloadsplus Module: all versions

References

http://www.juniper.net/security/auto/vulnerabilities/vuln28919.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28919
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42007
http://www.juniper.net/security/auto/vulnerabilities/vuln28919.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28919
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42007

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