CVE-2008-7215

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-09-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The Image Manager in MOStlyCE before 2.4, as used in Mambo 4.6.3 and earlier, allows remote attackers to rename arbitrary files and cause a denial of service via modified file[NewFile][name], file[NewFile][tmp_name], and file[NewFile][size] parameters in a FileUpload command, which are used to modify equivalent variables in $_FILES that are accessed when the is_uploaded_file check fails.

Affected products

Brilaps Mostlyce: through 2.0
Mambo-Foundation Mambo: through 4.6.3; 4.6.2

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-02/0444.html
http://forum.mambo-foundation.org/showthread.php?t=10158
http://osvdb.org/42532
http://secunia.com/advisories/28670
http://www.bugreport.ir/index_33.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487128/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27472
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0325
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39986
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-02/0444.html
http://forum.mambo-foundation.org/showthread.php?t=10158
http://osvdb.org/42532

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