Vulnerabilites related to ProjectPier - ProjectPier
CVE-2012-10036 (GCVE-0-2012-10036)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-08 18:12
Modified
2025-08-08 18:51
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Summary
Project Pier 0.8.8 and earlier contains an unauthenticated arbitrary file upload vulnerability in tools/upload_file.php. The upload handler fails to validate the file type or enforce authentication, allowing remote attackers to upload malicious PHP files directly into a web-accessible directory. The uploaded file is stored with a predictable suffix and can be executed by requesting its URL, resulting in remote code execution.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ProjectPier | ProjectPier |
Version: * ≤ 0.8.8 |
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