Photo Gallery 1.2.5 File Upload unrestricted upload

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Photo Gallery 1.2.5. Impacted is an unknown function of the component File Upload. This manipulation causes unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-9312. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Photo Gallery 1.2.5 (Photo Gallery Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component File Upload. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unrestricted File Upload vulnerability in Photo Gallery 1.2.5.

The bug was discovered 01/26/2015. The weakness was released 08/28/2017 by Kacper Szurek (Website). The advisory is shared at packetstormsecurity.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-9312 since 12/07/2014. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1608.002 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by Kacper Szurek in Ruby and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1021 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (35916) and SecurityFocus (BID 72620†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unrestricted upload
CWE: CWE-434 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: Kacper Szurek
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MetaSploit ID: wp_photo_gallery_unrestricted_file_upload.rb
MetaSploit Name: WordPress Photo Gallery Unrestricted File Upload
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

11/11/2014 🔍
11/11/2014 +0 days 🔍
12/07/2014 +26 days 🔍
01/26/2015 +50 days 🔍
02/12/2015 +17 days 🔍
08/28/2017 +928 days 🔍
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08/29/2017 +1 days 🔍
06/23/2025 +2855 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 130104
Researcher: Kacper Szurek
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-9312 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-9312
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-105781
SecurityFocus: 72620

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 08/29/2017 09:08
Updated: 06/23/2025 07:25
Changes: 08/29/2017 09:08 (67), 11/10/2019 15:46 (7), 12/16/2022 17:34 (4), 06/23/2025 07:25 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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