CVE-2008-6900 — Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in "Add Pen/Author Name" feature in addpen.php in AvailScript Article Script allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in photos/

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Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in "Add Pen/Author Name" feature in addpen.php in AvailScript Article Script allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in photos/

Published Aug 6, 2009

6.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.33%

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in "Add Pen/Author Name" feature in addpen.php in AvailScript Article Script allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in photos/.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.33% 0.03334

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

EPSS probability 0.03334

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 (15 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	3.33% (0.03334)	88.23th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.33% (0.03334)	87.01th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Dec 27, 2025	6.80% (0.06805)	91.06th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 30, 2025	2.54% (0.02535)	84.07th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	4.13% (0.04135)	80.74th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	2.43% (0.02431)	84.05th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.71% (0.00707)	81.06th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 10, 2024	0.71% (0.00707)	80.09th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 23, 2023	0.71% (0.00707)	78.08th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 8, 2023	0.80% (0.00801)	79.42th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 29, 2023	0.72% (0.00719)	77.65th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.84% (0.00843)	79.54th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	6.26% (0.06262)	90.76th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	6.26% (0.06262)	89.90th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	6.26% (0.06262)	77.75th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-94

Code Injection

References (4)

http://secunia.com/advisories/31816
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32821
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47374
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7456
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/31816		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32821		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47374		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7456		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 6, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Aug 5, 2009

Link CVE-2008-6900

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-6900

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-6900