CVE-2012-10037
PhpTax pfilez Parameter Exec Remote Code Injection
CRITICAL 9.3EPSS 1.7%
PhpTax version 0.8 contains a remote code execution vulnerability in drawimage.php. The pfilez GET parameter is unsafely passed to the exec() function without sanitization. A remote attacker can inject arbitrary shell commands, leading to code execution under the web server's context. No authentication is required.
- Affected
- PhpTax
- CVSS v4.0 VULNCHECK
- 9.3 CRITICAL
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - EPSS
- 1.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 77th percentile
- Published
- 2025-08-11
- Updated
- 2026-04-07
Proof-of-concept exploits (4)
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21665
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21833
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/mul…
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