CVE-2026-78202

HIGHPre-NVD 7.37.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-24. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 5 sources updated this weekElevated
7.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.3Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

A vulnerability was found in itsourcecode Payroll System 1.0. This affects the function save_settings of the file admin_class.php. The manipulation of the argument img results in unrestricted upload. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been made public and could be used.

CVSS v3
7.3
EG Score
7.3(high)
EG Risk
64(Attend)
EG Risk 64/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity73% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
21%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 24, 2026

Last Modified

August 24, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 24, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Free Source Code, Capstone Projects, BSIT Tutorials 2026

https://itsourcecode.com/
generic🟡 PoC Available

itsourcecode Payroll System V1.0 /ajax.php?action=save_settings Unrestricted File Upload RCE (CWE-434, CVSS 9.8) · Issue #12 · microwaveabi/vul · GitHub

https://github.com/microwaveabi/vul/issues/12

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-78202(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 31× in last 7d / 31× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-29 17:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-29 05:30 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-29 05:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-28 17:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-28 05:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-27 18:16 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-27 18:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-27 05:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-26 17:49 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-26 17:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-26 05:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-25 17:44 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-25 17:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-25 06:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-24 18:23 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-24 18:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-24 18:21 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 5.5
  22. 2026-08-24 18:01 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-24 18:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-24 18:01 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v4 → 6.9
  25. 2026-08-24 16:46 UTCEG score recompute
Show 6 more
  1. 2026-08-24 16:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-24 07:27 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-24 07:26 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 5.5
  5. 2026-08-24 06:31 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-24 06:30 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-78202?
CVE-2026-78202 is a high vulnerability published on August 24, 2026. A vulnerability was found in itsourcecode Payroll System 1.0. This affects the function savesettings of the file adminclass.php. The manipulation of the argument img results in unrestricted upload. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been made public and could be used.
When was CVE-2026-78202 disclosed?
CVE-2026-78202 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-78202 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-78202 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 79.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-78202?
CVE-2026-78202 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-78202?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-78202, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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