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CVE-2008-4798
The loadModule function in lib/WebGUI/Asset.pm in WebGUI before 7.5.30 (stable) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 4.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The loadModule function in lib/WebGUI/Asset.pm in WebGUI before 7.5.30 (stable) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a Perl module and accessing it via a crafted URL.
Timeline
ID reserved
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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.0% · top 9.3% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- http://www.webgui.org/bugs/tracker/8980 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.webgui.org/uploads/70/o2/70o29CTLCGWjntJrLYdmJA/asset-security-7.4.diff (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.webgui.org/getwebgui/advisories/webgui-7.5.30-stable-released (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31947 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 32438 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- webgui-loadmodule-code-execution(46137) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2944 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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-2008-4777 (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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