FKIE_CVE-2008-5857
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-01-06 17:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:01
Severity
Summary
The DropDocuments plugin in KnowledgeTree before 3.5.4a allows remote authenticated users to gain administrative privileges via a certain sequence of "browse documents" and dashboard requests.
References
Impacted products
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