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CVE-2016-9492 Detail

Description

The code generated by PHP FormMail Generator prior to 17 December 2016 is vulnerable to unrestricted upload of dangerous file types. In the generated form.lib.php file, upload file types are checked against a hard-coded list of dangerous extensions. This list does not include all variations of PHP files, which may lead to execution of the contained PHP code if the attacker can guess the uploaded filename. The form by default appends a short random string to the end of the filename.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  9.8 CRITICAL
Vector:  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96718 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96718 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/608591 Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/608591 Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type cwe source acceptance level NIST   CERT/CC  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:jqueryform:php_formmail_generator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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2016-12-17

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-9492
NVD Published Date:
07/13/2018
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
CERT/CC