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Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.

How It Works

Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access. Unlike a single vulnerability class, RCE is an outcome—the catastrophic result of exploiting underlying weaknesses in how applications process input, manage memory, or handle executable content.

Attackers typically achieve RCE by chaining vulnerabilities or exploiting a single critical flaw. Common pathways include injecting malicious payloads through deserialization flaws (where untrusted data becomes executable objects), command injection (where user input flows into system commands), buffer overflows (overwriting memory to hijack execution flow), or unsafe file uploads (placing executable code on the server). Server-Side Template Injection and SQL injection can also escalate to code execution when attackers leverage database or template engine features.

The attack flow usually begins with reconnaissance to identify vulnerable endpoints, followed by crafting a payload that exploits the specific weakness, then executing commands to establish persistence or pivot deeper into the network. Modern exploits often use multi-stage payloads—initial lightweight code that downloads and executes more sophisticated tooling.

Impact

  • Complete system compromise — attacker gains shell access with application privileges, potentially escalating to root/SYSTEM
  • Data exfiltration — unrestricted access to databases, configuration files, credentials, and sensitive business data
  • Lateral movement — compromised server becomes a beachhead to attack internal networks and other systems
  • Ransomware deployment — direct pathway to encrypt files and disable backups
  • Persistence mechanisms — installation of backdoors, web shells, and rootkits for long-term access
  • Supply chain attacks — modification of application code or dependencies to compromise downstream users

Real-World Examples

The n8n workflow automation platform (CVE-2024-21858) demonstrated how RCE can emerge in unexpected places-attackers exploited unsafe workflow execution to run arbitrary code on self-hosted instances. The Log4j vulnerability (Log4Shell) showed RCE at massive scale when attackers sent specially crafted JNDI lookup strings that triggered remote class loading in Java applications worldwide.

Atlassian Confluence instances have faced multiple RCE vulnerabilities through OGNL injection flaws, where attackers inject Object-Graph Navigation Language expressions that execute with server privileges. These required no authentication, enabling attackers to compromise thousands of internet-exposed instances within hours of disclosure.

Mitigation

  • Input validation and sanitization — strict allowlists for all user-controlled data, especially in execution contexts
  • Sandboxing and containerization — isolate application processes with minimal privileges using containers, VMs, or security contexts
  • Disable dangerous functions — remove or restrict features like code evaluation, system command execution, and dynamic deserialization
  • Network segmentation — limit blast radius by isolating sensitive systems and restricting outbound connections
  • Web Application Firewalls — detect and block common RCE patterns in HTTP traffic
  • Runtime application self-protection (RASP) — monitor application behavior for execution anomalies
  • Regular patching — prioritize updates for components with known RCE vulnerabilities

Recent CVEs (35494)

EPSS 59% 5.1 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Monsta FTP web-based file manager versions 2.11 and earlier allow unauthenticated arbitrary file uploads. The vulnerability enables attackers to upload malicious files from a compromised FTP server, which are then executed on the Monsta FTP server, achieving remote code execution.

RCE File Upload Monsta Ftp +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.0
CRITICAL POC Emergency

Remote code execution in Taiga 6.8.3 and earlier allows an authenticated attacker to run arbitrary code on the server by submitting crafted serialized data to the Taiga API. The flaw is a CWE-502 unsafe deserialization issue rated CVSS 9.0 by the vendor and fixed in version 6.9.0. EPSS is 1.55% (74th percentile) and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis; this CVE is not in CISA KEV, so risk is highest for unpatched instances that allow self-registration or host many low-privileged accounts.

RCE Deserialization
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL KEV THREAT Act Now

Remote code execution in Lanscope Endpoint Manager (On-Premises) allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted packets to the Client program (MR) or Detection agent (DA), as these components improperly verify the origin of incoming requests (CWE-940). The vulnerability affects the on-premises edition only and has been confirmed actively exploited (CISA KEV), requiring no authentication or user interaction (CVSS 4.0 base 9.3). Network reachability to the MR/DA listener is the primary prerequisite, typically limiting exposure to internal management networks.

RCE Lanscope Endpoint Manager
NVD
EPSS 0% 5.8 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC KEV THREAT Emergency

F5 BIG-IP APM (Access Policy Manager) contains a remote code execution vulnerability triggered by specific malicious traffic when an access policy is configured on a virtual server.

RCE Denial Of Service Big Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall +21
NVD VulDB GitHub
EPSS 44% 4.5 CVSS 8.6
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

Authenticated arbitrary file upload in the FreePBX Endpoint Manager module (FreePBX 16 before 16.0.92 and FreePBX 17 before 17.0.6) lets a logged-in admin-interface user abuse the fwbrand parameter to override the upload destination path, writing attacker-controlled files such as a PHP webshell into web-accessible locations and thereby achieving remote code execution. Exploitation requires an authenticated session with access to the Endpoint Manager module and a known/valid username, so real-world risk is concentrated on deployments with internet-exposed admin GUIs, weak or reused credentials, or over-broad module permissions. Publicly available exploit code exists and EPSS is elevated at 43.68% (99th percentile), but the flaw is not confirmed actively exploited (no CISA KEV listing); vendor patches are available in 16.0.92 and 17.0.6.

RCE File Upload Freepbx
NVD GitHub
EPSS 66% 4.9 CVSS 7.2
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

MotionEye video surveillance software version 0.43.1b4 and earlier contains an authenticated OS command injection via configuration parameters such as image_file_name. Admin users can inject commands that execute when the Motion daemon restarts, achieving code execution on the surveillance server.

RCE Command Injection Motioneye
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 19% 6.0 CVSS 9.9
CRITICAL KEV THREAT Emergency

A vulnerability in the VPN web server of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, remote. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and EPSS exploitation probability 18.8%.

RCE Buffer Overflow Cisco +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.7
HIGH KEV THREAT Act Now

A vulnerability in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) subsystem of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow the following: An authenticated, remote attacker with low. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.7), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service +5
NVD VulDB
EPSS 28% 5.8 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

SolarWinds Web Help Desk contains an unauthenticated deserialization RCE via AjaxProxy, a patch bypass of both CVE-2024-28988 and CVE-2024-28986, the third iteration of this vulnerability.

RCE Deserialization Web Help Desk +1
NVD VulDB GitHub
EPSS 83% 6.0 CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Flowise version 3.0.5 contains a remote code execution vulnerability in the CustomMCP node. The mcpServerConfig parameter is parsed unsafely, allowing attackers to inject arbitrary system commands through the MCP server configuration that are executed when Flowise spawns the MCP server process.

RCE Node.js Code Injection +2
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 70% 4.7 CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM POC THREAT This Month

Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in PivotX CMS v.3.0.0 RC 3 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the subtitle field. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 70.0%.

XSS RCE Pivotx
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 59% 6.6 CVSS 9.0
CRITICAL POC KEV THREAT Emergency

CentOS Web Panel (CWP) allows unauthenticated remote code execution through OS command injection in the filemanager changePerm request's t_total parameter.

RCE Command Injection Webpanel +1
NVD
EPSS 69% 6.9 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC KEV THREAT Emergency

WatchGuard Fireware OS contains an out-of-bounds write in IKEv2 VPN handling enabling unauthenticated remote code execution on WatchGuard firewalls.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 5% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL KEV THREAT Emergency

Remote code execution in Samsung Android's Quram image codec (libimagecodec.quram.so) allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected devices running Android 13.0 with SMR levels prior to Sep-2025 Release 1 by supplying a crafted image. This is confirmed actively exploited (CISA KEV), and exploitation requires no authentication or user interaction, though the malicious image must reach an auto-decoding path such as messaging previews or thumbnail generation; code execution occurs in the context of the invoking component. EPSS is 4.91% (90th percentile), indicating elevated risk, and the CVSS is 9.8.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL KEV THREAT Emergency

Remote code execution in Samsung Android 13's Quram image codec (libimagecodec.quram.so) allows unauthenticated, zero-click attackers to corrupt memory by having the device decode a crafted image, per the CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N vector scoring 9.8. The flaw is confirmed actively exploited (CISA KEV) and was observed in the wild as part of the LANDFALL commercial-grade Android spyware chain, with EPSS at 1.84% (83rd percentile) - low in absolute terms but elevated in rank, consistent with targeted rather than mass exploitation. Only devices running Samsung Android 13 builds with security patch levels prior to SMR Apr-2025 Release 1 are affected, and exploitation in the wild has been selective, so the primary exposure driver is unpatched devices still receiving/dismissing images through messaging and media pipelines.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +2
NVD VulDB
EPSS 49% 4.7 CVSS 8.7
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

A vulnerability in XAMPP, developed by Apache Friends, version 1.7.3's default WebDAV configuration allows remote authenticated attackers to upload and execute arbitrary PHP code. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.7), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 49.3%.

PHP Authentication Bypass RCE +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 68% 7.1 CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC KEV THREAT Emergency

FreePBX 15, 16, and 17 contain SQL injection vulnerabilities enabling unauthenticated access to the administrator interface, leading to database manipulation and remote code execution.

RCE SQLi Freepbx +1
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB VulDB
EPSS 7% CVSS 9.2
CRITICAL KEV THREAT Act Now

Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway contain a memory overflow vulnerability enabling remote code execution and denial of service when configured as VPN, AAA, or load balancing virtual servers.

RCE Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service +3
NVD
EPSS 50% 4.7 CVSS 8.7
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

A security vulnerability has been identified that allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized file system access through a path traversal issue. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.7), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 49.6% and no vendor patch available.

RCE Path Traversal Commvault
NVD
EPSS 70% 5.6 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

The StoryChief WordPress plugin through version 1.0.42 contains an unauthenticated arbitrary file upload via the /wp-json/storychief/webhook REST API endpoint. Insufficient file type validation allows attackers to upload executable PHP files, achieving remote code execution on the WordPress server.

WordPress RCE File Upload
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 69% 5.4 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Sysax Multi Server versions prior to 5.55 contains a stack-based buffer overflow in its SSH service. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 69.1%.

RCE Buffer Overflow Stack Overflow +2
NVD Exploit-DB VulDB
EPSS 44% 4.7 CVSS 9.4
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Dolibarr ERP/CRM versions <= 3.1.1 and <= 3.2.0 contain a post-authenticated OS command injection vulnerability in its database backup feature. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 43.6%.

PHP RCE Command Injection
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 55% 5.1 CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

RabidHamster R4 v1.25 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to unsafe use of sprintf() when logging malformed HTTP requests. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 54.7%.

RCE Buffer Overflow Stack Overflow
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.4
HIGH POC Act Now

Lattice Semiconductor ispVM System v18.0.2 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in its handling of .xcf project files. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.4), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Stack Overflow
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 59% 5.1 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

ComSndFTP FTP Server version 1.3.7 Beta contains a format string vulnerability in its handling of the USER command. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 58.9%.

RCE
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 76% 5.6 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Umbraco CMS versions prior to 4.7.1 are vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution via the codeEditorSave.asmx SOAP endpoint, which exposes a SaveDLRScript operation that permits arbitrary. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 75.9%.

RCE Path Traversal Umbraco Cms +1
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 44% 4.7 CVSS 9.4
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

ZEN Load Balancer versions 2.0 and 3.0-rc1 contain a command injection vulnerability in content2-2.cgi. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 43.6%.

RCE Command Injection
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 72% 5.5 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Auxilium RateMyPet contains an unauthenticated arbitrary file upload vulnerability in upload_banners.php. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 72.2%.

PHP RCE File Upload
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 63% 5.2 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

PhpTax version 0.8 contains a remote code execution vulnerability in drawimage.php. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 62.6%.

PHP RCE Command Injection
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 64% 5.3 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Simple Web Server 2.2 rc2 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in its handling of the Connection HTTP header. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 64.3%.

RCE Buffer Overflow Stack Overflow
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 72% 5.5 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

EGallery version 1.2 contains an unauthenticated arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the uploadify.php script. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 72.5%.

PHP RCE File Upload
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 62% 5.2 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

CuteFlow version 2.11.2 and earlier contains an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the restart_circulation_values_write.php script. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 62.1%.

PHP RCE File Upload
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 67% 5.4 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

WebPageTest version 2.6 and earlier contains an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the resultimage.php script. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 66.5%.

PHP RCE File Upload
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 49% 5.0 CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Cyclope Employee Surveillance Solution versions 6.x is vulnerable to a SQL injection flaw in its login mechanism. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 49.1%.

PHP RCE SQLi
NVD Exploit-DB VulDB
EPSS 65% 5.4 CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

MobileCartly version 1.0 contains an arbitrary file creation vulnerability in the savepage.php script. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 64.7%.

PHP RCE File Upload
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 5% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC Emergency

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in ActFax Server version 4.32, specifically in the "Import Users from File" functionality of the client interface. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Stack Overflow
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 43% 4.5 CVSS 8.7
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

Sflog!. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.7), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 43.4%.

PHP RCE File Upload
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 54% 5.0 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

WAN Emulator v2.3 contains two unauthenticated command execution vulnerabilities. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 53.6%.

PHP RCE Command Injection
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 72% 5.5 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Project Pier 0.8.8 and earlier contains an unauthenticated arbitrary file upload vulnerability in tools/upload_file.php. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 72.5%.

PHP RCE File Upload
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 7% 4.9 CVSS 8.4
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

WinRAR for Windows contains a path traversal vulnerability allowing crafted archives to execute arbitrary code, discovered by ESET and exploited in the wild for targeted attacks.

RCE Path Traversal Microsoft +5
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.1
HIGH POC Act Now

A Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in Grav CMS v1.7.48 allows an authenticated admin to upload a malicious plugin via the /admin/tools/direct-install interface. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP RCE File Upload +2
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 59% 5.3 CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

PHP-Charts v1.0 contains a PHP code execution vulnerability in wizard/url.php, where user-supplied GET parameter names are passed directly to eval() without sanitization. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 58.8%.

PHP RCE Code Injection
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 55% 5.0 CVSS 9.4
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Foxit Reader Plugin version 2.2.1.530, bundled with Foxit Reader 5.4.4.11281, contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the npFoxitReaderPlugin.dll module. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 54.7%.

RCE Buffer Overflow Stack Overflow
NVD Exploit-DB VulDB
EPSS 28% 4.2 CVSS 9.4
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Glossword versions 1.8.8 through 1.8.12 contain an authenticated arbitrary file upload vulnerability. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 28.3%.

PHP RCE File Upload
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 74% 5.7 CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

An unauthenticated arbitrary file upload vulnerability exists in Kordil EDMS v2.2.60rc3. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 73.7%.

PHP RCE File Upload
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 64% 5.3 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in ActFax Server version 5.01. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 63.8%.

RCE Buffer Overflow Stack Overflow
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 49% 5.0 CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Turbo FTP Server versions 1.30.823 and 1.30.826 contain a buffer overflow vulnerability in the handling of the PORT command. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 49.1%.

RCE Buffer Overflow
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 61% 5.2 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Narcissus is vulnerable to remote code execution via improper input handling in its image configuration workflow. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 60.7%.

PHP RCE Command Injection
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 44% 4.6 CVSS 8.7
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

Maxthon3 versions prior to 3.3 are vulnerable to cross context scripting (XCS) via the about:history page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.7), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 44.4%.

XSS RCE
NVD Exploit-DB VulDB
EPSS 53% 4.8 CVSS 8.6
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

BlazeVideo HDTV Player Pro v6.6.0.3 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow due to improper handling of user-supplied input embedded in .plf playlist files. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 53.0%.

RCE Buffer Overflow Stack Overflow
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 57% 5.1 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

FreeFloat FTP Server contains multiple critical design flaws that allow unauthenticated remote attackers to upload arbitrary files to sensitive system directories. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 57.1%.

Windows Authentication Bypass RCE +3
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 47% 4.6 CVSS 8.6
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

Nagios XI Network Monitor prior to Graph Explorer component version 1.3 contains a command injection vulnerability in `visApi.php`. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 46.6%.

PHP RCE Command Injection
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 54% 4.8 CVSS 8.6
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

Netwin SurgeFTP version 23c8 and prior contains a vulnerability in its web-based administrative console that allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary system commands via crafted POST requests. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 53.7%.

RCE Command Injection
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 74% 5.6 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

WP-Property plugin for WordPress through version 1.35.0 contains an unauthenticated file upload vulnerability in the third-party `uploadify.php` script. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 73.7%.

PHP WordPress RCE +1
NVD Exploit-DB VulDB
EPSS 67% 5.5 CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

The WordPress plugin Asset-Manager version 2.0 and below contains an unauthenticated arbitrary file upload vulnerability in upload.php. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 66.5%.

PHP WordPress RCE +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 46% 4.9 CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

The WordPress plugin Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) version 3.5.1 and below contains a remote file inclusion (RFI) vulnerability in core/actions/export.php. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 46.0%.

PHP WordPress RCE +1
NVD WPScan Exploit-DB
EPSS 71% 5.0 CVSS 6.9
MEDIUM POC THREAT This Month

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in FreeFloat FTP Server version 1.0.0. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 70.6%.

RCE Buffer Overflow Stack Overflow +2
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 13% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC KEV THREAT Emergency

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.23 and earlier contain a misconfiguration vulnerability enabling unauthenticated remote code execution with changed scope (CVSS 10.0).

Authentication Bypass RCE Adobe +1
NVD
EPSS 74% 5.6 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

The ICTBroadcast application unsafely passes session cookie data to shell processing, allowing an attacker to inject shell commands into a session cookie that get executed on the server. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 74.3% and no vendor patch available.

RCE Command Injection
NVD GitHub
EPSS 74% 5.6 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

An unauthenticated arbitrary file upload vulnerability exists in LibrettoCMS version 1.1.7 (and possibly earlier) contains an unauthenticated arbitrary file upload vulnerability in its File Manager. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 73.7%.

PHP RCE File Upload
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 7% 4.8 CVSS 8.0
HIGH POC KEV THREAT Act Now

DELMIA Apriso from Release 2020 through 2025 contains a code injection vulnerability allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code on the manufacturing execution system.

RCE Code Injection Delmia Apriso +1
NVD
EPSS 47% 4.6 CVSS 8.6
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

An authenticated OS command injection vulnerability exists in various Linksys router models (tested on WRT160Nv2) running firmware version v2.0.03 via the apply.cgi endpoint. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 46.6%.

RCE Command Injection Linksys
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 61% 4.8 CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Synactis PDF In-The-Box ActiveX control (PDF_IN_1.ocx), specifically the ConnectToSynactis method. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 61.1%.

RCE Buffer Overflow Code Injection
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 73% 5.6 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

An unauthenticated arbitrary file upload vulnerability exists in Havalite CMS version 1.1.7 (and possibly earlier) in the upload.php script. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 73.5%.

PHP RCE File Upload
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 76% 5.6 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

A remote PHP code execution vulnerability exists in InstantCMS version 1.6 and earlier due to unsafe use of eval() within the search view handler. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 75.8%.

PHP RCE Code Injection +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.5
HIGH POC Act Now

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Agnitum Outpost Internet Security 8.1 that allows an unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation RCE Path Traversal
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.7
HIGH POC Act Now

An authenticated SQL injection vulnerability exists in OpenEMR ≤ 4.1.1 Patch 14 that allows a low-privileged attacker to extract administrator credentials and subsequently escalate privileges. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.7), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE SQLi File Upload +2
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 16% 5.4 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Laravel Livewire v3 through v3.6.3 contains a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-54068, CVSS 9.8) that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute commands through improper hydration of component property updates. KEV-listed with EPSS 16%, this vulnerability affects one of the most popular PHP frameworks, potentially compromising thousands of Laravel applications using Livewire for reactive server-side rendering.

PHP RCE Laravel +2
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 72% 5.6 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

The AIT CSV Import/Export WordPress plugin through version 3.0.3 allows unauthorized arbitrary file uploads without file type validation. The upload handler in upload-handler.php is accessible without authentication, enabling remote attackers to deploy PHP webshells and achieve code execution on the WordPress server.

PHP WordPress RCE +1
NVD GitHub WPScan
EPSS 86% 6.0 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

The Simple File List plugin for WordPress through version 4.2.2 contains an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability. Attackers can upload PHP files disguised with image extensions and then rename them back to .php using the plugin's built-in rename functionality, bypassing all upload restrictions.

PHP WordPress RCE +3
NVD WPScan Exploit-DB
EPSS 60% 5.2 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

CryptoLog PHP edition (discontinued since 2009) contains a chained SQL injection and command injection vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker can first bypass authentication via SQLi in login.php, then exploit command injection to gain shell access as the web server user.

PHP Authentication Bypass RCE +2
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 67% 5.4 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

BuilderEngine 3.5.0 contains a critical unrestricted file upload vulnerability in its elFinder 2.0 integration and jQuery File Upload plugin, allowing unauthenticated attackers to upload and execute arbitrary PHP files on the server, resulting in complete remote code execution (RCE) under the web server process context. The vulnerability is characterized by a CVSS 9.3 score with no authentication or user interaction required, making it immediately exploitable across network boundaries.

PHP Authentication Bypass RCE +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 28% 4.1 CVSS 8.6
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

ProcessMaker BPM platform versions prior to 3.5.4 contain an unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the plugin installation mechanism. An admin can upload a malicious .tar plugin containing arbitrary PHP code that executes during the plugin's install() method, achieving remote code execution on the workflow automation server.

PHP Privilege Escalation RCE +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 49% 4.8 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Easy File Sharing HTTP Server version 7.2 contains a stack-based buffer overflow triggered by an oversized Email parameter in POST requests to /sendemail.ghp. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this for remote code execution on the Windows server.

RCE Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 47% 4.4 CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Polycom HDX Series video conferencing systems contain an authenticated command injection in the LAN traceroute function. The devcmds console accessible over Telnet allows injection of shell metacharacters through the traceroute target parameter, enabling arbitrary command execution on the conferencing endpoint.

RCE Command Injection
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 93% 7.8 CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Wing FTP Server before 7.4.4 contains a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-47812, CVSS 10.0) through null byte injection in user/admin web interfaces that enables arbitrary Lua code execution in session files. With EPSS 92.7% and KEV listing, this vulnerability guarantees unauthenticated root/SYSTEM code execution on affected servers, as the FTP service runs with maximum privileges by default.

Privilege Escalation RCE Code Injection +3
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 72% 5.7 CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

The Pie Register WordPress plugin versions up to 3.7.1.4 contain an authentication bypass that allows unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user including administrators. By submitting a crafted POST request with social_site=true and a target user_id_social_site value, attackers generate valid WordPress sessions for arbitrary accounts.

PHP WordPress Authentication Bypass +2
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 64% 8.7 CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Microsoft Office SharePoint contains a code injection vulnerability (CVE-2025-49704, CVSS 8.8) enabling authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code over the network. KEV-listed with EPSS 63.8%, this vulnerability requires only basic SharePoint authentication and enables server-level code execution, threatening the documents, workflows, and data stored across the organization's SharePoint infrastructure.

RCE Microsoft Code Injection +1
NVD
EPSS 56% 5.1 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

An unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability exists in Remote for Mac, a macOS remote control utility developed by Aexol Studio, in versions up to and including 2025.7. When the application is configured with authentication disabled (i.e., the "Allow unknown devices" option is enabled), the /api/executeScript endpoint is exposed without access control. This allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject arbitrary AppleScript payloads via the X-Script HTTP header, resulting in code execution using do shell script. Successful exploitation grants attackers the ability to run arbitrary commands on the macOS host with the privileges of the Remote for Mac background process.

RCE Apple macOS +1
NVD
EPSS 50% 4.7 CVSS 8.6
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

Authenticated command injection in Pandora FMS 7.0NG and earlier allows remote code execution via the net_tools.php ping functionality. An attacker with valid high-privileged credentials can inject arbitrary OS commands through the select_ips parameter, leading to full system compromise. The vulnerability has a high EPSS score (49.71%), publicly available exploit code, and no known vendor patch at this time.

PHP RCE Command Injection +2
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 51% 4.5 CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

Authenticated remote code execution in Bolt CMS 3.7.0 and earlier lets any holder of a valid backend account chain an unsanitized profile displayname field, the /async/browse/cache/.sessions and /async/folder/rename file-management endpoints, and a publicly reachable /files/ directory into planting and executing a PHP web shell. Exploitation is multi-step and deployment-dependent - it requires credentials, exposed async endpoints, and a /files/ path that will serve or execute .php files - but publicly available exploit code exists, including a Rapid7 Metasploit module, and EPSS scores the issue at 50.83% (98th percentile). Bolt 3.7.1 closed the file-renaming leg of the chain, and Bolt 3 reached end-of-life on 31 December 2021, so realistic exposure is confined to legacy unpatched installations.

PHP RCE Code Injection +2
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 46% 4.7 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

A command injection vulnerability exists in IGEL OS versions prior to 11.04.270 within the Secure Terminal and Secure Shadow services. The flaw arises due to improper input sanitization in the handling of specially crafted PROXYCMD commands on TCP ports 30022 and 5900. An unauthenticated attacker with network access to a vulnerable device can inject arbitrary commands, leading to remote code execution with elevated privileges. NOTE: IGEL OS v10.x has reached end-of-life (EOL) status.

RCE Command Injection
NVD
EPSS 59% 5.1 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

PHPStudy development environment versions 2016 through 2018 contain an embedded backdoor that executes arbitrary PHP code from HTTP request headers. The backdoor listens for base64-encoded payloads in the Accept-Charset header, decodes and executes them without any authentication, providing complete remote code execution on any server running the compromised PHPStudy.

PHP RCE Code Injection
NVD
EPSS 52% 4.6 CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

An authenticated remote code execution vulnerability exists in NSClient++ version 0.5.2.35 when the web interface and ExternalScripts module are enabled. A remote attacker with the administrator password can authenticate to the web interface (default port 8443), inject arbitrary commands as external scripts via the /settings/query.json API, save the configuration, and trigger the script via the /query/{name} endpoint. The injected commands are executed with SYSTEM privileges, enabling full remote compromise. This capability is an intended feature, but the lack of safeguards or privilege separation makes it risky when exposed to untrusted actors.

RCE Code Injection Nsclient
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 53% 5.0 CVSS 9.4
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

An authenticated remote code execution vulnerability exists in Lucee’s administrative interface due to insecure design in the scheduled task functionality. An administrator with access to /lucee/admin/web.cfm can configure a scheduled job to retrieve a remote .cfm file from an attacker-controlled server, which is written to the Lucee webroot and executed with the privileges of the Lucee service account. Because Lucee does not enforce integrity checks, path restrictions, or execution controls for scheduled task fetches, this feature can be abused to achieve arbitrary code execution. This issue is distinct from CVE-2024-55354.

RCE Code Injection
NVD GitHub
EPSS 30% 5.9 CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC KEV THREAT Emergency

Cisco ISE and ISE-PIC contain a critical input injection vulnerability (CVE-2025-20281, CVSS 10.0) that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as root on the underlying operating system. With EPSS 30.4% and KEV listing, this vulnerability targets the network access control platform that governs who and what can access the enterprise network — compromising ISE means controlling network admission for the entire organization.

Authentication Bypass Privilege Escalation RCE +3
NVD
EPSS 81% 5.9 CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Multiple Linksys E-Series router models contain an unauthenticated OS command injection vulnerability in the /tmUnblock.cgi and /hndUnblock.cgi endpoints accessible on port 8080. The ttcp_ip parameter is passed directly to a system shell without sanitization, enabling remote root-level command execution on the router.

RCE Command Injection Linksys
NVD Exploit-DB VulDB GitHub
EPSS 5% 4.7 CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

WinRAR contains a directory traversal vulnerability (CVE-2025-6218, CVSS 7.8) enabling remote code execution when users extract crafted archives. KEV-listed with EPSS 4.7% and public PoC, this vulnerability allows archive files to write outside the extraction directory, placing malicious files in startup folders or other sensitive locations. Given WinRAR's 500+ million user base, this is a high-impact social engineering vector.

RCE Path Traversal Winrar +1
NVD
EPSS 74% 5.6 CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

SugarCRM versions prior to 6.5.24, 6.7.13, 7.5.2.5, 7.6.2.2, and 7.7.1.0 contain a PHP object injection vulnerability via the SugarRestSerialize.php script. The rest_data parameter is passed to unserialize() without validation, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious PHP objects for remote code execution.

PHP RCE Deserialization
NVD Exploit-DB GitHub
EPSS 12% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Pterodactyl game server management panel prior to version 1.11.11 contains an unauthenticated remote code execution via the /locales/locale.json endpoint. By manipulating the locale and namespace query parameters, attackers can execute arbitrary code on the panel server, gaining control over all managed game servers.

RCE
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
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