CVE-2008-7157 — Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in EkinBoard 1.1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading an avatar file with an executable extension followed by a safe extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in uploaded/avatars/

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Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in EkinBoard 1.1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading an avatar file with an executable extension followed by a safe extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in uploaded/avatars/

Published Sep 2, 2009

6.8

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.33%

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in EkinBoard 1.1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading an avatar file with an executable extension followed by a safe extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in uploaded/avatars/.

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 (9 key points)

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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)
Mar 17, 2025	2.67% (0.02668)	84.81th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.09% (0.01093)	85.02th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Dec 6, 2023	1.09% (0.01093)	82.68th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.30% (0.01298)	83.73th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	6.31% (0.06309)	90.90th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	6.31% (0.06309)	90.06th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	6.31% (0.06309)	77.91th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (3)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27166
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39507
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4859
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27166		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39507		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4859		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 2, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Sep 2, 2009

Link CVE-2008-7157

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-7157

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-7157