CVE-2008-5857

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-01-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The DropDocuments plugin in KnowledgeTree before 3.5.4a allows remote authenticated users to gain administrative privileges via a certain sequence of "browse documents" and dashboard requests.

Affected products

Knowledgetree Document Management: through 3.5.4; 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.3a, 3.0.3b (+24)

References

http://issues.knowledgetree.com/browse/KTS-3921
http://secunia.com/advisories/33277
http://wiki.knowledgetree.com/Version_3.5.4a#Security
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32920
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47530
http://issues.knowledgetree.com/browse/KTS-3921
http://secunia.com/advisories/33277
http://wiki.knowledgetree.com/Version_3.5.4a#Security
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32920
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47530

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