Vulnerabilites related to PhpTax - PhpTax
CVE-2012-10037 (GCVE-0-2012-10037)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-11 14:54
Modified
2025-08-11 15:51
CWE
  • CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Summary
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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
PhpTax PhpTax Version: 0.8
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