CVE-2008-6920

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-08-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in auth.php in phpEmployment 1.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension during a regnew action, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in photoes/.

Affected products

W2B Phpemployment: 1.8

References

http://osvdb.org/50981
http://secunia.com/advisories/33268
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33000
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3508
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47592
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7563
http://osvdb.org/50981
http://secunia.com/advisories/33268
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33000
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3508
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47592
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7563

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