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    CVE-2012-10036 (GCVE-0-2012-10036)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-08 18:12 – Updated: 2026-05-15 11:13 Unsupported When Assigned
    VLAI
    Title
    Project Pier <= 0.8.8 Arbitrary File Upload RCE
    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.
    Severity
    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
    SSVC
    Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
    CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
    Decision recorded 2025-08-08 18:51 UTC
    CWE
    • CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
    Assigner
    VulnCheck CNA
    References
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    ProjectPier ProjectPier Affected: 0 , ≤ 0.8.8 (semver)
        cpe:2.3:a:projectpier:projectpier:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    		Create a notification for this product.
    Date Public
    2012-10-16 00:00
    Credits
    BlackHawk sinn3r
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