Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in update_profile.php in PHPmotion 2.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbi…

Published 18 y ago 2008-07-10 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-16 · JSON

CVSS

6.5

v2.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

3.3%

percentile 88%

Public exploits

Exploit-DB

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in update_profile.php in PHPmotion 2.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a .php file with a content type of (1) image/gif, (2) image/jpeg, or (3) image/pjpeg, then accessing it via a direct request to the file under pictures/.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

3.25% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

EDB-5938 PHPmotion 2.0 - 'update_profile.php' Arbitrary File Upload · webapps · 2008-06-25

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	2.0	6.5	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P`

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

exploit-db.com /exploits/5938 · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/29949 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/43375 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2008-3117
NVD: CVE-2008-3117

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