CVE-2021-42669 (GCVE-0-2021-42669)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-05 12:36 – Updated: 2024-08-04 03:38
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
A file upload vulnerability exists in Sourcecodester Engineers Online Portal in PHP via dashboard_teacher.php, which allows changing the avatar through teacher_avatar.php. Once an avatar gets uploaded it is getting uploaded to the /admin/uploads/ directory, and is accessible by all users. By uploading a php webshell containing "<?php system($_GET["cmd"]); ?>" the attacker can execute commands on the web server with - /admin/uploads/php-webshell?cmd=id.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.sourcecodester.com/php/13115/engineer… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/TheHackingRabbi/CVE-2021-42669 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/nu11secur1ty/CVE-mitre/tree/ma… | x_refsource_MISC |
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