Phpf1 Max's Image Uploader up to 7.4.35 File Upload index.php unrestricted upload

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Phpf1 Max's Image Uploader. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file index.php of the component File Upload. Such manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2010-0390. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Phpf1 Max's Image Uploader. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file index.php of the component File Upload. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in maxImageUpload/index.php in PHP F1 Max's Image Uploader 1.0, when Apache is not configured to handle the mime-type for files with pjpeg or jpeg extensions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with a pjpeg or jpeg extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in original/. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The weakness was published 01/18/2010 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-0390 since 01/26/2010. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1608.002.

A public exploit has been developed by indoushka and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:index.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 (11169), OSVDB (61808†) and Secunia (SA38018†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
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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: Proof-of-Concept
Author: indoushka
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: exploit-db.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2010-0390 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0390
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51680
Secunia: 38018
OSVDB: 61808 - Max's Image Uploader index.php File Upload Arbitrary PHP Code Execution

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 04/29/2026 09:56
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (49), 08/15/2017 16:18 (10), 09/21/2025 23:29 (16), 04/29/2026 09:56 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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