CVE-2008-6931
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in PHPStore Job Search (aka PHPCareers) allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension as a resume photo, then accessing it via a direct request to the…
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 3.4%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in PHPStore Job Search (aka PHPCareers) allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension as a resume photo, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in jobseekers/jobseeker_profile_images.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.39% probability · 89th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 10 November 2008
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- phpstore/phpcareers
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://osvdb.org/50295
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32626Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3099Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52447
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7083
- http://osvdb.org/50295
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32626Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3099Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52447
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7083
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.