CVE-2012-10037

9.3 criticalEPSS 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.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

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

EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 77% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-78
Published: 2025-08-11
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/phptax_exec.rb
https://sourceforge.net/projects/phptax/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21665
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21833

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