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Malicious File Upload

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Malicious file upload attacks exploit insufficient validation when web applications accept user-provided files.

How It Works

Malicious file upload attacks exploit insufficient validation when web applications accept user-provided files. The attacker uploads a file containing executable code—commonly a web shell written in PHP, JSP, or ASPX—disguised to bypass basic security checks. Once uploaded to a web-accessible directory, the attacker navigates to the file's URL, triggering server-side execution and gaining remote command execution capabilities.

Attackers employ various bypass techniques to defeat weak filters. Content-Type spoofing involves manipulating HTTP headers to claim a malicious PHP file is an image. Double extensions like shell.php.jpg exploit flawed parsers that only check the final extension. Null byte injection (shell.php%00.jpg) can truncate filenames in vulnerable code. Case manipulation (.pHp, .AsP) defeats case-sensitive blacklists. Advanced attacks upload .htaccess or web.config files to reconfigure the server, enabling script execution in directories where it was previously disabled.

The typical attack flow begins with reconnaissance to locate upload functionality, followed by testing various evasion techniques until a payload successfully uploads. The attacker then accesses the uploaded web shell through a browser, passing commands via URL parameters. This establishes an interactive backdoor for further exploitation, lateral movement, and data theft.

Impact

  • Remote code execution: Full command-line access to the web server with the application's privileges
  • Web shell persistence: Durable backdoor survives application restarts, enabling long-term access
  • Data exfiltration: Direct file system access allows theft of databases, credentials, source code, and sensitive documents
  • Server compromise: Ability to install additional malware, create privileged accounts, and pivot to internal networks
  • Website defacement: Modification of public-facing content to damage reputation or spread misinformation

Real-World Examples

Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (CVE-2025-20188) combined a hardcoded JWT credential with unrestricted file upload, allowing unauthenticated attackers to deploy web shells and achieve complete controller compromise. The dual vulnerability eliminated authentication barriers entirely.

WordPress plugin vulnerabilities frequently expose this attack surface. Numerous plugins have allowed arbitrary file uploads through image galleries or media managers, where attackers upload PHP shells disguised as images, then execute them to take over hosting environments.

Enterprise content management systems have suffered similar flaws where document upload features failed to validate file types properly, allowing attackers to upload executable scripts that provided administrative access to corporate intranets and sensitive business data.

Mitigation

  • Whitelist permitted extensions and validate against both filename and actual file content (magic bytes/file signatures)
  • Store uploads outside the webroot entirely, serving them through a handler script that prevents execution
  • Disable script execution in upload directories via web server configuration (remove execute permissions)
  • Rename uploaded files to random identifiers, breaking the attacker's ability to predict URLs
  • Implement content scanning with antivirus/malware detection before storing files
  • Enforce authentication and authorization on all upload endpoints with proper session management
  • Validate file size limits to prevent resource exhaustion alongside malicious uploads

Recent CVEs (4051)

EPSS 1% CVSS 7.2
HIGH POC This Week

The MapPress Maps for WordPress plugin before 2.73.13 allows a high privileged user to bypass the DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT and DISALLOW_FILE_MODS settings and upload arbitrary files to the site through the. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP WordPress File Upload +1
NVD WPScan
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.1
HIGH POC This Week

The Library File Manager WordPress plugin before 5.2.3 is using an outdated version of the elFinder library, which is know to be affected by security issues (CVE-2021-32682), and does not have any. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

CSRF WordPress File Upload +1
NVD WPScan
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Car Rental System v1.0 contains an arbitrary file upload vulnerability via the Add Car component which allows attackers to upload a webshell and execute arbitrary code. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE File Upload Online Car Rental System
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

An unrestricted file upload at /public/admin/index.php?add_product of Ecommerce-Website v1.1.0 allows attackers to upload a webshell via the Product Image component. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP File Upload Ecommerce Website
NVD GitHub
EPSS 5% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

An unrestricted file upload vulnerability in IdeaRE RefTree before 2021.09.17 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by using UploadDwg to upload a crafted aspx file to the web. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE File Upload Reftree
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.2
HIGH PATCH This Week

Dell Wyse Management Suite versions 2.0 through 3.5.2 contain an unrestricted file upload vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

RCE Dell File Upload +1
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

RaspberryMatic is a free and open-source operating system for running a cloud-free smart-home using the homematicIP / HomeMatic hardware line of IoT devices. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This OS Command Injection vulnerability could allow attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the host.

RCE Command Injection File Upload +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

Hospital Management System v1.0 is affected by an unrestricted upload of dangerous file type vulerability in treatmentrecord.php. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP File Upload Hospital Management System
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Online Banking System Protect v1.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PHP file uploaded through the Upload Image function. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

File Upload RCE PHP +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.2
HIGH This Week

Tekon KIO devices through 2022-03-30 allow an authenticated admin user to escalate privileges to root by uploading a malicious Lua plugin. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

File Upload Kio Firmware Kio 1M Firmware +6
NVD
EPSS 20% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to upload an arbitrary file which could lead to remote code execution. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

RCE File Upload Trend Micro +2
NVD
EPSS 14% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC PATCH THREAT This Month

The Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload WordPress plugin before 1.3.6.3 allows SVG files to be uploaded by default via the dnd_codedropz_upload AJAX action, which could lead to Stored Cross-Site. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XSS File Upload WordPress +1
NVD WPScan
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

The web management console of CheckMK Enterprise Edition (versions 1.5.0 to 2.0.0p9) does not properly sanitise the uploading of ".mkp" files, which are Extension Packages, making remote code. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

File Upload RCE Checkmk
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.6
HIGH This Week

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in project file upload in Nozomi Networks Guardian and CMC allows an authenticated attacker with admin or import manager roles to execute unattended commands. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

File Upload Cmc Guardian
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the File Management function module of taoCMS v3.0.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PHP file. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP RCE File Upload +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.1
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

VMware Carbon Black App Control (8.5.x prior to 8.5.14, 8.6.x prior to 8.6.6, 8.7.x prior to 8.7.4 and 8.8.x prior to 8.8.2) contains a file upload vulnerability. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Unrestricted File Upload vulnerability could allow attackers to upload malicious files that can be executed on the server.

VMware Microsoft File Upload +1
NVD
EPSS 9% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

The Ninja Forms - File Uploads Extension WordPress plugin is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to insufficient input file type validation found in the ~/includes/ajax/controllers/uploads.php. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP RCE WordPress +2
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in GitHub repository crater-invoice/crater prior to 6.0.6. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

File Upload Crater
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.2
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

There is a Unrestricted Upload of File vulnerability in ShowDoc v2.10.3 in GitHub repository star7th/showdoc prior to 2.10.4. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

File Upload Showdoc
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

BigAnt Software BigAnt Server v5.6.06 was discovered to contain incorrect access control issues. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

File Upload Bigant Server
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

The Amelia WordPress plugin before 1.0.47 stores image blobs into actual files whose extension is controlled by the user, which may lead to PHP backdoors being uploaded onto the site. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP WordPress File Upload +1
NVD WPScan
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

Classcms v2.5 and below contains an arbitrary file upload via the component \class\classupload. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

File Upload Classcms
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Nonce token leak vulnerability leading to arbitrary file upload, theme deletion, plugin settings change discovered in Responsive Menu WordPress plugin (versions <= 4.1.7). Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

WordPress File Upload Information Disclosure +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

An attacker can upload or transfer files of dangerous types to the OpenDocMan 1.4.4 portal via add.php using MIME-bypass, which may be automatically processed within the product's environment or lead. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

File Upload RCE PHP +1
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 38% CVSS 7.2
HIGH POC THREAT This Week

In Pluck 4.7.16, an admin user can use the theme upload functionality at /admin.php?action=themeinstall to perform remote code execution. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP RCE File Upload +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A malicious, but authorised and authenticated user can construct an HTTP request using their existing CSRF token and session cookie to manually upload files to any location that the operating system. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

CSRF File Upload Pgadmin 4
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

The component /jquery_file_upload/server/php/index.php of CuppaCMS v1.0 allows attackers to upload arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a crafted PHP file. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP RCE File Upload +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 55% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Act Now

Atom CMS v2.0 was discovered to contain a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability via /admin/uploads.php. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP RCE File Upload +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

Stored XSS via File Upload in star7th/showdoc in star7th/showdoc in GitHub repository star7th/showdoc prior to 2.10.4. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XSS File Upload Showdoc
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

Stored XSS via File Upload in star7th/showdoc in GitHub repository star7th/showdoc prior to 2.4.10. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XSS File Upload Showdoc
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

Stored XSS viva .ofd file upload in GitHub repository star7th/showdoc prior to 2.10.4. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XSS File Upload Showdoc
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

Stored XSS viva .webmv file upload in GitHub repository star7th/showdoc prior to 2.10.4. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XSS File Upload Showdoc
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

Stored XSS due to Unrestricted File Upload in GitHub repository star7th/showdoc prior to 2.10.4. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XSS File Upload Showdoc
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

Stored XSS via File Upload in GitHub repository star7th/showdoc prior to 2.10.4. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XSS File Upload Showdoc
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

Stored XSS via File Upload in GitHub repository star7th/showdoc prior to v.2.10.4. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XSS File Upload Showdoc
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

File Upload Restriction Bypass leading to Stored XSS Vulnerability in GitHub repository star7th/showdoc prior to 2.10.4. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XSS File Upload Showdoc
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in GitHub repository star7th/showdoc prior to 2.10.4. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

File Upload Showdoc
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

Stored XSS viva axd and cshtml file upload in star7th/showdoc in GitHub repository star7th/showdoc prior to v2.10.4. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XSS File Upload Showdoc
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

Stored XSS viva .webma file upload in GitHub repository star7th/showdoc prior to 2.10.4. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XSS File Upload Showdoc
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

Stored XSS viva .properties file upload in GitHub repository star7th/showdoc prior to 2.10.4. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XSS File Upload Showdoc
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

Stored XSS viva cshtm file upload in GitHub repository star7th/showdoc prior to v2.10.4. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XSS File Upload Showdoc
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.2
HIGH This Week

With administrator or admin privileges the application can be tricked into overwriting files in app_data/Config folder, e.g. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

File Upload Smartertrack
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

Stored XSS due to Unrestricted File Upload in GitHub repository star7th/showdoc prior to v2.10.4. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XSS File Upload Showdoc
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

Stored XSS due to Unrestricted File Upload in GitHub repository star7th/showdoc prior to v2.10.4. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XSS File Upload Showdoc
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

Stored XSS via file upload in GitHub repository star7th/showdoc prior to v2.10.4. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XSS File Upload Showdoc
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

Stored xss in showdoc through file upload in GitHub repository star7th/showdoc prior to 2.10.4. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XSS File Upload Showdoc
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.8
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

File upload filter bypass leading to stored XSS in GitHub repository microweber/microweber prior to 1.2.12. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XSS File Upload Microweber
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.8
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

File upload filter bypass leading to stored XSS in GitHub repository microweber/microweber prior to 1.2.12. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XSS File Upload Microweber
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.8
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in GitHub repository microweber/microweber prior to 1.2.11. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

File Upload Microweber
NVD GitHub
EPSS 10% CVSS 7.2
HIGH POC This Week

Abantecart through 1.3.2 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary code by uploading an executable file, because the Catalog>Media Manager>Images settings can be changed by an. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP RCE File Upload +1
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

sentcms 4.0.x allows remote attackers to cause arbitrary file uploads through an unauthorized file upload interface, resulting in php code execution in /admin/upload/upload. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP RCE File Upload +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

sentcms 4.0.x allows remote attackers to cause arbitrary file uploads through an unauthorized file upload interface, resulting in PHP code execution through /user/upload/upload. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP RCE File Upload +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.8
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

Unrestricted file upload leads to stored XSS in GitHub repository microweber/microweber prior to 1.1.12. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XSS File Upload Microweber
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.2
HIGH POC This Week

The Catch Themes Demo Import WordPress plugin before 2.1.1 does not validate one of the file to be imported, which could allow high privivilege admin to upload an arbitrary PHP file and gain RCE even. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP WordPress File Upload +1
NVD WPScan
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Avatar parameter under /admin/?page=user/manage_user of Home Owners Collection Management System v1.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE File Upload Home Owners Collection Management System
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

Home Owners Collection Management System v1.0 was discovered to contain an arbitrary file upload vulnerability via the component /student_attendance/index.php. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP RCE File Upload +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

An unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the Backup/Restore Archive component of Extensis Portfolio v4.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ZIP file. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

File Upload RCE Portfolio
NVD VulDB
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Extensis Portfolio v4.0 was discovered to contain an authenticated unrestricted file upload vulnerability via the component AdminFileTransferServlet. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

File Upload Portfolio
NVD VulDB
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

An unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the FileTransferServlet component of Extensis Portfolio v4.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

File Upload RCE Portfolio
NVD VulDB
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Extensis Portfolio v4.0 was discovered to contain an authenticated unrestricted file upload vulnerability via the Catalog Asset Upload function. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

File Upload Portfolio
NVD VulDB
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

A Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability at /admin/options in Maxsite CMS v180 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PHP file. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP RCE File Upload +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.2
HIGH POC This Week

CMS Made Simple v2.2.15 was discovered to contain a Remote Command Execution (RCE) vulnerability via the upload avatar function. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

File Upload Cms Made Simple
NVD
EPSS 9% CVSS 7.2
HIGH POC This Week

MODX Revolution through 2.8.3-pl allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary code by uploading an executable file, because the Uploadable File Types setting can be changed by an. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE File Upload Revolution
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances allow an authenticated remote attacker with unprivileged credentials to upload files to arbitrary locations. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Watchguard File Upload Fireware
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.2
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

Zenario CMS 9.2 allows an authenticated admin user to bypass the file upload restriction by creating a new 'File/MIME Types' using the '.phar' extension. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

File Upload Zenario
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

An issue was found in Zfaka <= 1.4.5. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

File Upload Zfaka
NVD GitHub
EPSS 20% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC THREAT This Week

WikiDocs version 0.1.18 has an authenticated remote code execution vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP RCE File Upload +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in Packagist showdoc/showdoc prior to 2.10.2. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

File Upload Showdoc
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.2
HIGH POC This Week

jpress 4.2.0 is vulnerable to remote code execution via io.jpress.web.admin._TemplateController#doInstall. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

File Upload RCE Jpress
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.2
HIGH POC This Week

jpress 4.2.0 is vulnerable to RCE via io.jpress.web.admin._TemplateController#doUploadFile. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

File Upload Jpress
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

jpress v4.2.0 allows users to register an account by default. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

File Upload Jpress
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

Wiki.js is a wiki app built on Node.js. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Node.js XSS File Upload +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

Wiki.js is a wiki app built on node.js. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Node.js XSS File Upload +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

A directory traversal vulnerability exists in the Web Manager File Upload functionality of Lantronix PremierWave 2050 8.9.0.0R4. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Path Traversal File Upload Premierwave 2050
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

An issue was discovered in Quest KACE Desktop Authority before 11.2. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE File Upload Kace Desktop Authority
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

The Directorist WordPress plugin before 7.0.6.2 was vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery to Remote File Upload leading to arbitrary PHP shell uploads in the wp-content/plugins directory. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

CSRF WordPress PHP +2
NVD WPScan
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Wiki.js is a wiki app built on Node.js. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability could allow attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users.

Node.js Docker XSS +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 6% CVSS 7.2
HIGH This Week

The "Log alert to a file" action within action management enables any Orion Platform user with Orion alert management rights to write to any file. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE File Upload Orion Platform
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Chain Sea ai chatbot system’s file upload function has insufficient filtering for special characters in URLs, which allows a remote attacker to by-pass file type validation, upload malicious script. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE File Upload Qb Smart Service Robot
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

4MOSAn GCB Doctor’s file upload function has improper user privilege control. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE File Upload Gcb Doctor
NVD
EPSS 11% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

OpenCATS through 0.9.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading an executable file via lib/FileUtility.php. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE PHP File Upload +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

An issue was discovered in the firmware update form in Socomec REMOTE VIEW PRO 2.0.41.4. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

PHP File Upload Remote View Pro Firmware
NVD
EPSS 59% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT This Week

PatrOwl is a free and open-source solution for orchestrating Security Operations. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XSS File Upload Patrowlmanager
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

A Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in emlog 5.3.1 via content/plugins. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE File Upload Emlog
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

fastadmin v1.2.1 is affected by a file upload vulnerability which allows arbitrary code execution through shell access. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE File Upload Fastadmin
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.1
HIGH POC This Week

In Pluck-4.7.15 admin background a remote command execution vulnerability exists when uploading files. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

File Upload Pluck
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

PineApp - Mail Secure - The attacker must be logged in as a user to the Pineapp system. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

PHP File Upload Mail Secure
NVD
EPSS 40% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC KEV THREAT This Week

A vulnerability in the web management interface of FatPipe WARP, IPVPN, and MPVPN software prior to versions 10.1.2r60p92 and 10.2.2r44p1 allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to upload a file to. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

File Upload Ipvpn Firmware Warp Firmware +1
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.1
HIGH This Week

An exposed dangerous function vulnerability exists in Ivanti Avalanche before 6.3.3 allows an attacker with access to the Inforail Service to perform an arbitrary file write. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

File Upload Ivanti Avalanche
NVD
EPSS 82% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

An unrestricted file upload vulnerability exists in Ivanti Avalanche before 6.3.3 allows an attacker with access to the Inforail Service to write dangerous files. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Deserialization File Upload Ivanti +1
NVD
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