CVE-2017-6090
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in clients/editclient.php in PhpCollab 2.5.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 96.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in clients/editclient.php in PhpCollab 2.5.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in logos_clients/.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module, a Nuclei template and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits6
Metasploit modules1 module
- phpCollab 2.5.1 Unauthenticated File Upload (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/unix/webapp/phpcollab_upload_execRank excellentdisclosed 29 Sept 2017
Nuclei templates1 template
- PhpColl 2.5.1 Arbitrary File Upload (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2017/CVE-2017-6090.yamlSeverity high
Exploit-DB2 entries
- phpCollab 2.5.1 - File Upload (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 43519remote, phppublished 11 Jan 2018Verified
- phpCollab 2.5.1 - Arbitrary File Upload (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 42934webapps, phppublished 2 Oct 2017Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 42934 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 43519 (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
ID reserved
By mitre
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 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 | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 96.4% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
3
- https://sysdream.com/news/lab/2017-09-29-cve-2017-6090-phpcollab-2-5-1-arbitrary-file-upload-unauthenticated/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 42934 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 43519 (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-2017-15156 (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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