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CVE-2008-7088

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-08-26 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in upload.php in PhotoPost vBGallery 2.4.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension followed by a safe extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in a certain path. NOTE: this may be the same vulnerability as CVE-2008-0251, but this is not clear due to lack of details from the vendor.

Affected products

• Photopost Vbgallery: 2.4.2

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30249
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43845
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6082
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30249
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43845
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6082

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