CVE-2008-6617 — Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in adm/visual/upload.php in SiteXS CMS 0.1.1 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 images/

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Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in adm/visual/upload.php in SiteXS CMS 0.1.1 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 images/

Published Apr 6, 2009

6.8

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.33%

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in adm/visual/upload.php in SiteXS CMS 0.1.1 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 images/.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.33% 0.03326

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

EPSS probability 0.03326

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	3.33% (0.03326)	88.20th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.33% (0.03326)	86.98th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
May 27, 2026	8.82% (0.08816)	92.64th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 5, 2025	6.36% (0.06359)	90.62th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	3.02% (0.03015)	85.70th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	2.08% (0.02077)	89.53th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 10, 2023	2.46% (0.02458)	88.52th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	2.71% (0.02715)	88.84th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	7.44% (0.07437)	92.66th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	7.44% (0.07437)	91.94th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	7.44% (0.07437)	80.87th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (4)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491578/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29029
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42250
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5726
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491578/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29029		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42250		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5726		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 6, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Apr 6, 2009

Link CVE-2008-6617

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-6617

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-6617