Glossword up to 1.8.12 Administrative Interface gw_admin.php unrestricted upload

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Glossword up to 1.8.12 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file gw_admin.php of the component Administrative Interface. The manipulation results in unrestricted upload. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2013-10067. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Glossword up to 1.8.12. Affected is an unknown code of the file gw_admin.php of the component Administrative Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Glossword versions 1.8.8 through 1.8.12 contain an authenticated arbitrary file upload vulnerability. When deployed as a standalone application, the administrative interface (gw_admin.php) allows users with administrator privileges to upload files to the gw_temp/a/ directory. Due to insufficient validation of file type and path, attackers can upload and execute PHP payloads, resulting in remote code execution.

The weakness was disclosed by AkaStep. The advisory is available at raw.githubusercontent.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-10067 since 08/05/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1608.002 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:gw_admin.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (24456) and EUVD (EUVD-2013-7282). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Glossword

Version

• 1.8.0
• 1.8.1
• 1.8.2
• 1.8.3
• 1.8.4
• 1.8.5
• 1.8.6
• 1.8.7
• 1.8.8
• 1.8.9
• 1.8.10
• 1.8.11
• 1.8.12

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• end of life

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