Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-4767

RCE

Title: Phpnuke Php-Nuke RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-4767

CWE Category CWE-20

Published Date Oct 28, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 9.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

4.21%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-4767: Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the DownloadsPlus module in PHP-Nuke allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with (1) .htm, (2) .html, or (3) .txt extensions, then accessing it via a direct request to the file. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information. NOTE: it is unclear how allowing the upload of .html or .txt files supports arbitrary code execution; this might be legitimate functionality.

Impacted Vendors

phpnuke 1

php-nuke 2

francisco_burzi 1

Reference Links

http://www.juniper.net/security/auto/vulnerabilities/vuln28919.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28919 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42007 http://www.juniper.net/security/auto/vulnerabilities/vuln28919.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28919 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42007

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

9.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-4767 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31702

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 28, 2008 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.