CVE-2008-4509

CRITICAL 10.0CVE-2008-4509 · Published 09/10/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-4509 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability affecting foss gallery (foss gallery).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 7.7%, higher than 94.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
foss gallery foss_gallery	`= 1.0`	No fix yet

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.

References

securityreason.com/securityalert/4379
securityfocus.com/bid/31574 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45683
exploit-db.com/exploits/6670
exploit-db.com/exploits/6674
exploit-db.com/exploits/6680

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