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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 (4271)

EPSS 4% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the file upload module of Ghost v4.39.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SVG 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.

RCE File Upload Ghost
NVD
EPSS 29% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

In Studio-42 elFinder 2.1.60, there is a vulnerability that causes remote code execution through file name bypass for file 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.

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

The One Click Demo Import WordPress plugin before 3.1.0 does not validate the imported file, allowing high privilege users such as admin to upload arbitrary files (such as PHP) even when FILE_MODS. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

WordPress File Upload Wordpress Plugin +1
NVD WPScan
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

Stored XSS viva .svg file upload in GitHub repository polonel/trudesk prior to v1.2.0. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

XSS File Upload Trudesk +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

Newbee-Mall v1.0.0 was discovered to contain an arbitrary file upload via the Upload function at /admin/goods/edit. 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 Newbee Mall Newbee Mall Project
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

An arbitrary file upload vulnerability at /zbzedit/php/zbz.php in zbzcms v1.0 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. No vendor patch available.

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

An arbitrary file upload vulnerability at /admin/ajax.php in zbzcms v1.0 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. No vendor patch available.

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

mogu_blog_cms 5.2 suffers from upload arbitrary files without any limitation. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

File Upload Mogu Blog Cms
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

Ecommerce-Website v1 was discovered to contain an arbitrary file upload vulnerability via /customer_register.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 +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Simple House Rental System v1 was discovered to contain an arbitrary file upload vulnerability via /app/register.php. 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 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

Zoo Management System v1.0 was discovered to contain an arbitrary file upload vulnerability via /public_html/apply_vacancy. 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 +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.2
HIGH POC This Week

Social Codia SMS v1 was discovered to contain an arbitrary file upload vulnerability via addteacher.php. 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
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Ecommece-Website v1.1.0 was discovered to contain an arbitrary file upload vulnerability via /admin/index.php?slides. 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 +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Musical World v1 was discovered to contain an arbitrary file upload vulnerability via uploaded_songs.php. 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 3% CVSS 7.2
HIGH POC This Week

AeroCMS v0.0.1 was discovered to contain an arbitrary file upload vulnerability via the Post Image function under the Admin panel. 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 +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Online Project Time Management System v1.0 was discovered to contain an arbitrary file write vulnerability which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML file. 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.

RCE File Upload Online Project Time Management System +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.2
HIGH POC This Week

A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in baigo CMS v3.0-alpha-2 was discovered to allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via uploading a crafted PHP file. 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 +2
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

eZiosuite v2.0.7 contains an authenticated arbitrary file upload via the Avatar upload functionality. 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 Eziosuite
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Jellycms v3.8.1 and below was discovered to contain an arbitrary file upload vulnerability via \app.\admin\Controllers\db.php. 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 Jellycms
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

Halo Blog CMS v1.4.17 was discovered to allow attackers to upload arbitrary files via the Attachment Upload function. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

File Upload Halo
NVD GitHub
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 +2
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.

WordPress CSRF 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 +1
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 +1
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.

PHP RCE File Upload +2
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 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.

WordPress XSS File Upload +3
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.

RCE File Upload Checkmk +1
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 +1
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 +2
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.

Microsoft VMware 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 WordPress RCE +3
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 Craterapp
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 Bigantsoft
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 +2
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 Information Disclosure File Upload +3
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.

PHP RCE File Upload +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 +2
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 +1
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 +2
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 Smartertools
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 +2
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 +1
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 +2
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.

RCE File Upload Portfolio +1
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 Extensis
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.

RCE File Upload Portfolio +1
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 Extensis
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 +2
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 Cmsmadesimple
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 Modx +1
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.

File Upload Fireware Watchguard
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 Tribalsystems
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.

RCE File Upload 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
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