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CVE-2026-8208 (GCVE-0-2026-8208)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-09 02:58 – Updated: 2026-05-11 17:47
VLAI
Summary
Gibbon versions before v30.0.01 are affected by a local file inclusion vulnerability resulting in RCE by changing the report archive directory and forcing interpretation of a user provided .zip as PHP. Successful exploitation requires Teacher or higher privileges. Exploitation could result in compromise of the underlying web server.
Severity
8.9 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-11 17:46 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-98 - Improper control of filename for Include/Require statement in PHP program ('PHP remote file inclusion')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
gibbonedu gibbon Affected: 0 , < 30.0.01 (custom)
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