CVE-2008-4878 — Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the "Add Image Macro" feature in WebCards 1.3 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the uploaded file

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HIGH

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the "Add Image Macro" feature in WebCards 1.3 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the uploaded file

Published Oct 31, 2008

8.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 4.02%

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the "Add Image Macro" feature in WebCards 1.3 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the uploaded file.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

4.02% 0.04021

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.04021

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	4.02% (0.04021)	90.26th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	4.02% (0.04021)	89.21th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	3.20% (0.03200)	86.15th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.71% (0.00707)	81.06th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 7, 2024	0.67% (0.00666)	79.58th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jan 25, 2024	0.67% (0.00666)	77.58th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.53% (0.00529)	73.46th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	5.30% (0.05302)	89.90th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	5.30% (0.05302)	88.88th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	5.30% (0.05302)	76.02th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

References (4)

http://secunia.com/advisories/32440
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4535
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46222
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6869
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/32440		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4535		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46222		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6869		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 31, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Oct 31, 2008

Link CVE-2008-4878

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-4878

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-4878