Vulnerability · CVE-2008-1840
coppermine coppermine_photo_gallery Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Published Apr 16, 2008 · catalog updated Apr 16, 2008 · coppermine coppermine_photo_gallery Improper Neutralization
Patch now
CVE-2008-1840 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm coppermine coppermine_photo_gallery Improper Neutralization against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
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- The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (coppermine coppermine_photo_gallery Improper Neutralization).
- Severity
- Unknown—
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 1.77%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- stated coppermine_photo_gallery · vendor coppermine coppermine_photo_gallery
SQL injection vulnerability in upload.php in Coppermine Photo Gallery (CPG) 1.4.16 and earlier allows remote authenticated users or user-assisted remote HTTP servers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the Content-Type HTTP response header provided by the HTTP server that is used for an upload.
Are you affected?
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- stated coppermine_photo_gallery<= 1.4.16
- vendor coppermine coppermine_photo_galleryversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2008-1840
Recommended remediation
Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2008-1840 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm coppermine coppermine_photo_gallery Improper Neutralization against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with <= 1.4.16. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 1.77%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Apr 16, 2008 · VulnCheck KEV
Detected
SQL injection vulnerability in upload.php in Coppermine Photo Gallery (CPG) 1.4.16 and earlier allows remote authenticated users or user-assisted remote HTTP servers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the Content-Type HTTP response header provided by the HTTP server that is used for an upload.
Apr 16, 2008 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2008-1840
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2008-1840
30-day exploitation probability 1.8%
first.org - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2008-1840
SQL injection vulnerability in upload.php in Coppermine Photo Gallery (CPG) 1.4.16 and earlier allows remote authenticated users or user-assisted remote HTTP servers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the Content-Type HTTP response header provided by the HTTP server that is us
vulncheck.com
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.