CVE-2008-5220 — Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in admin/upload_form.php in wPortfolio 0.3 and earlier 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 admin/tmp/

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HIGH

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in admin/upload_form.php in wPortfolio 0.3 and earlier 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 admin/tmp/

Published Nov 25, 2008

10.0

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 14.29%

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in admin/upload_form.php in wPortfolio 0.3 and earlier 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 admin/tmp/.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

14.29% 0.14290

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

EPSS probability 0.14290

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 (11 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	14.29% (0.14290)	96.50th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	14.29% (0.14290)	96.14th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	6.09% (0.06086)	89.82th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	10.10% (0.10095)	88.39th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	6.09% (0.06086)	90.07th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	2.88% (0.02875)	91.12th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 5, 2024	2.88% (0.02875)	90.50th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	3.40% (0.03395)	89.93th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	7.69% (0.07687)	93.05th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	7.69% (0.07687)	92.39th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	7.69% (0.07687)	81.34th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

References (4)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32367
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3219
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46745
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7165
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32367		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3219		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46745		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7165		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Nov 25, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Nov 25, 2008

Link CVE-2008-5220

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-5220

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-5220