CVE-2008-6822 — Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in uploadp.php in New Earth Programming Team (NEPT) imgupload (aka Image Uploader) 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension and a modified content type, then accessing this file via a direct request, as demonstrated by an upload with an image/jpeg content type

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Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in uploadp.php in New Earth Programming Team (NEPT) imgupload (aka Image Uploader) 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension and a modified content type, then accessing this file via a direct request, as demonstrated by an upload with an image/jpeg content type

Published Jun 4, 2009

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 4.34%

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in uploadp.php in New Earth Programming Team (NEPT) imgupload (aka Image Uploader) 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension and a modified content type, then accessing this file via a direct request, as demonstrated by an upload with an image/jpeg content type. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

4.34% 0.04344

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

EPSS probability 0.04344

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 (12 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	4.34% (0.04344)	90.91th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	4.34% (0.04344)	89.92th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Dec 18, 2025	8.62% (0.08619)	92.13th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 30, 2025	4.01% (0.04013)	87.38th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	8.69% (0.08687)	87.22th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	3.85% (0.03851)	87.42th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	5.34% (0.05337)	93.39th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 7, 2023	5.34% (0.05337)	91.94th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	5.73% (0.05731)	92.13th	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 (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (5)

http://osvdb.org/49428
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/32412
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31909
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46089
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6830
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://osvdb.org/49428		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/32412		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31909		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46089		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6830		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jun 4, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jun 4, 2009

Link CVE-2008-6822

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-6822

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-6822