01 Record
CVE-2008-4798
The loadModule function in lib/WebGUI/Asset.pm in WebGUI before 7.5.30 (stable) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a Perl module and accessing it via a crafted URL.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The loadModule function in lib/WebGUI/Asset.pm in WebGUI before 7.5.30 (stable) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a Perl module and accessing it via a crafted URL.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.03% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-10-30 20:49Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-10-30
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 29c06ccd81c954062350be698c572ed0ec4b5ae7142c05e61f39c03782104981
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.webgui.orghttp://www.webgui.org/bugs/tracker/8980
- www.webgui.orghttp://www.webgui.org/uploads/70/o2/70o29CTLCGWjntJrLYdmJA/asset-security-7.4.diff
- www.webgui.orghttp://www.webgui.org/getwebgui/advisories/webgui-7.5.30-stable-released
- www.securityfocus.com31947http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31947
- secunia.com32438http://secunia.com/advisories/32438
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwebgui-loadmodule-code-execution(46137)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46137
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2944http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2944