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CVE-2008-4790
The core upload module in Drupal 5.x before 5.11 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and read "files…
- 6.0MediumCVSS base score
- 1.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 37% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The core upload module in Drupal 5.x before 5.11 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and read "files attached to content" via unknown vectors.
Timeline
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By mitre
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 | Medium6.0 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.0% · top 37% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- 32198 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://drupal.org/node/318706 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 32200 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- drupal-uploadmodule-security-bypass(45758) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20081021 CVE req: drupal < 5.11/6.5 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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-2008-4770 (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-2008-4790)Record last updated .