CVE-2008-4509
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in processFiles.php in FOSS Gallery Admin and FOSS Gallery Public 1.0 beta allows remote attackers…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 7.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in processFiles.php in FOSS Gallery Admin and FOSS Gallery Public 1.0 beta allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in the root directory.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 3 Exploit-DB entries for it. 3 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits6
Exploit-DB3 entries
- FOSS Gallery Public 1.0 - Arbitrary File Upload (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6674webapps, phppublished 5 Oct 2008Verified
- FOSS Gallery Public 1.0 - Arbitrary File Upload (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6680webapps, phppublished 5 Oct 2008Verified
- FOSS Gallery Admin 1.0 - Arbitrary File Upload (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6670webapps, phppublished 4 Oct 2008Verified
References tagged exploit3 references
- 6680 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 6674 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 6670 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.7% · top 5.3% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References6
- 31574 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- fossgallery-multiple-file-upload(45683) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 6680 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 4379 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 6674 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 6670 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-4490 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-4509)Record last updated .