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Improper Input Validation

CVE-2008-5677

High
7.1/10

Summary

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in Kwalbum 2.0.4, 2.0.2, and earlier, when PICS_PATH is located in the web root, allows remote authenticated users with upload capability to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file under items/, related to the ReplaceBadFilenameChars function in include/ItemAdder.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • SINGLE
  • COMPLETE
  • COMPLETE
  • COMPLETE

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published