CVE-2008-6948

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.5)—

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in Collabtive 0.4.8 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension and using a text/plain MIME type, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in files/, related to (1) the showproject action in managefile.php or (2) the Messages feature.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base score: 6.5

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 7.87%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 95
Score date: 10/4/2026

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 (1)

Collabtive — Collabtive

CWEs

CWE-20

References

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