CVE-2008-0245

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—

admin.php in UploadImage 1.0 does not check for the original password before making a change to a new password, which allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges via the pass parameter in a nopass (Set Password) action.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base score: 7.5

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.33%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 83
Score date: 10/2/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

Uploadscript — Uploadimage Uploadscript — Uploadscript

CWEs

CWE-264

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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