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Vulnerability · CVE-2017-6090

phpcollab phpcollab Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Published Jan 4, 2024 · catalog updated Jan 4, 2024 · phpcollab phpcollab Unrestricted Upload

Patch now

CVE-2017-6090 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm phpcollab phpcollab Unrestricted Upload against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (phpcollab phpcollab Unrestricted Upload).
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
96.39%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
stated phpcollab · vendor phpcollab phpcollab

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in clients/editclient.php in PhpCollab 2.5.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in logos_clients/.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • stated phpcollab<= 2.5.1
  • vendor phpcollab phpcollabversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2017-6090

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2017-6090 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm phpcollab phpcollab Unrestricted Upload 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 <= 2.5.1. 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 96.39%. 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

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jan 4, 2024 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in clients/editclient.php in PhpCollab 2.5.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in logos_clients/.

  2. Jan 4, 2024 · 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-2017-6090

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2017-6090

    30-day exploitation probability 96.4%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2017-6090

    Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in clients/editclient.php in PhpCollab 2.5.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in logos_clients/.

    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.