VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-9492

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL

EPSS probability3.33%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2018-07-13

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Primary references

cret@cert.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cret@cert.org — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource