Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessReach home.php upload endpoint
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DeliverySubmit malicious file as my_img
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ExploitBypass absent file-type validation
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ExecutionWrite webshell to web root
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PersistRequest uploaded script
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ImpactExecute code / control application
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling File type validation, storage isolation
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Command and Control, Persistence The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires that the Criminal-Management-System application be deployed and reachable, with the home.php image-upload feature (the 'my_img' parameter passed to move_uploaded_file) accessible to the attacker. Per the supplied CVSS vector (PR:N/UI:N), no authentication or user interaction is indicated, implying the upload handler is reachable without credentials in the assessed configuration; however, this should be verified because many management applications gate upload pages behind a login, and the vendor's own vector was not independently confirmed. The decisive limiting factor is deployment scope: this is a niche single-developer PHP project with essentially no production presence, so exploitation is realistic only against the small set of environments actually running it. No fixed release exists (rolling release, unmaintained), so all current deployments from the referenced commit are exposed. |
| Impact | This is a CWE-434 unrestricted file upload in the move_uploaded_file call handling the 'my_img' argument in home.php of vraj404's Criminal-Management-System. The provided CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N) describes network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated exploitation with no user interaction, which on paper is high-opportunity. However, the impact metrics are all Low (VC:L/VI:L/VA:L, no subsequent-system impact), producing a moderate 6.9 base score, and the exploit maturity is only E:P (Proof-of-Concept), consistent with a publicly posted PoC rather than mature weaponization. Signals conflict in two ways worth flagging: (1) CWE-434 unrestricted upload typically enables webshell deployment and remote code execution, which would justify far higher than VC:L/VI:L/VA:L - the vendor-assigned Low impacts appear conservative and should be verified, since real-world impact could be code execution. (2) No EPSS score and no CISA KEV listing are provided, so there is no evidence of widespread or active exploitation; the only exploitation signal is a PoC referenced in a GitHub issue. Priority is tempered primarily by product obscurity: this is a hobby/student GitHub project with negligible production footprint, so despite the easy-to-exploit profile, real-world risk is low for most organizations and relevant only to anyone who has actually deployed this specific application. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote, unauthenticated attacker sends a crafted POST request to home.php supplying a malicious file in the 'my_img' parameter; because the upload is unrestricted (CWE-434), the attacker uploads a PHP script instead of an image and then requests it to execute arbitrary code in the web server context. A proof-of-concept is publicly available via the project's GitHub issue tracker, lowering the barrier to reproduction. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 19, 2026
Unrestricted file upload in vraj404's Criminal-Management-System lets a remote attacker push an arbitrary file through the 'my_img' parameter handled by move_uploaded_file in home.php, which can result in attacker-controlled content being written into a web-reachable location and potentially executed. All deployments built from the repository up to commit 2808d057e7ddc5295519a487365b0cacfd0ba8c4 are affected, and because the project follows a rolling release model with no tagged versions, there is no defined fixed release to upgrade to. Publicly available exploit code exists and the maintainer has not responded to the issue report, though real-world exposure is limited by the project's niche, single-developer nature and near-absent production footprint; no public exploit identified at time of analysis beyond the published proof-of-concept, and no CISA KEV listing applies.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis: the project is a rolling-release, apparently unmaintained codebase whose author has not responded to the issue report, so there is no fixed version to cite and no upgrade path within the product. Until code-level fixes land, remove or disable the home.php upload handler, or gate it behind authentication and authorization, accepting that this breaks the image-upload feature for legitimate users. Move the upload destination outside the web root or, if it must remain served, block script execution in that directory (Apache: 'php_flag engine off' or 'RemoveHandler .php' in a directory .htaccess; nginx: a location block returning 403 for .php under the upload path) and serve uploads with a fixed Content-Type plus Content-Disposition: attachment - this neutralizes the code-execution chain but leaves stored-file and content-spoofing risk. Enforce server-side allowlisting of image extensions and MIME types, re-encode images, and randomize stored filenames to defeat direct-path access. Network-side, restrict access to the application to trusted networks or place it behind an authenticating reverse proxy/WAF rule blocking multipart POSTs to home.php from untrusted sources; the trade-off is reduced availability for remote users. Given the absence of maintenance, migrate to a supported application rather than relying on long-term compensating controls. Advisory references: https://vuldb.com/vuln/422256 and https://github.com/vraj404/Criminal-Management-System/issues/1.
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The flaw is a classic CWE-434 unrestricted upload of file with dangerous type in a PHP application. The home.php script takes the user-supplied file field 'my_img' directly into PHP's move_uploaded_file() and stores it without adequate validation of extension, MIME type, or content, so a crafted multipart POST can place a .php (or otherwise executable) payload inside a directory the web server will serve and interpret. CPE data (cpe:2.3:a:vraj404:criminal-management-system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) confirms the wildcard applies to every build of the project rather than a bounded version range, consistent with the rolling-release delivery model and the absence of any patched tag. The PHP file-upload attack surface is a well-understood class: successful exploitation typically escalates from file write to server-side code execution under the web server's user context, but the practical ceiling here depends entirely on whether the upload directory is web-accessible and whether PHP execution is permitted there.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
Network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated upload per vendor vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N); impacts kept Low to match vendor assessment, though code execution could justify higher if auth/webshell is confirmed.
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CVSS VectorVendor: VulDB
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2DescriptionCVE.org
A vulnerability was identified in vraj404 Criminal-Management-System up to 2808d057e7ddc5295519a487365b0cacfd0ba8c4. This impacts the function move_uploaded_file of the file home.php. The manipulation of the argument my_img leads to unrestricted upload. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. This product follows a rolling release approach for continuous delivery, so version details for affected or updated releases are not provided. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
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Attack Technique
Malicious file upload attacks exploit insufficient validation when web applications accept user-provided files.
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