CVE-2008-7215
The Image Manager in MOStlyCE before 2.4, as used in Mambo 4.6.3 and earlier, allows remote attackers to rename arbitrary files and cause a denial of service via modified file[NewFile][name], file[NewFile][tmp_name], and file[NewFile][size] parameters in a FileUpload command, which are used to modify equivalent variables in $_FILES that are accessed when the is_uploaded_file check fails.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 1.8% (79th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-7174)
- Published
- September 11, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-7174 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- brilaps / mostlyce
- mambo-foundation / mambo
- mambo-foundation / mambo
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-02/0444.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://forum.mambo-foundation.org/showthread.php?t=10158
- http://osvdb.org/42532(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28670(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.bugreport.ir/index_33.htm(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487128/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27472
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0325(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39986
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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