CVE-2008-6790 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in MindDezign Photo Gallery 2.2. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this flaw by manipulating the username parameter during an account edit action, allowing them to create new administrative users. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.1, indicating a medium severity with a network-based attack vector, high attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB (EDB-6820), though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:minddezign:photo_gallery:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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