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CVE-2009-4140

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 75.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-12-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in ofc_upload_image.php in Open Flash Chart v2 Beta 1 through v2 Lug Wyrm Charmer, as used in Piwik 0.2.35 through 0.4.3, Woopra Analytics Plugin before 1.4.3.2, and possibly other products, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension through the name parameter with the code in the HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA parameter, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in tmp-upload-images/.

Affected products

• matomoteam Matomo Analytics – Powerful, Privacy-First Insights for WordPress: 0.2.37, 0.4.2, 0.4.3
• Teethgrinder.Co.Uk Open Flash Chart: 2.0-beta_1, 2.0-gamera, 2.0-hyperion, 2.0-ichor, 2.0-j_rmungandr, 2.0-j_rmungandr-2 (+2)

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/123493/wpseowatcher-exec.txt
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/123494/wpslimstatex-exec.txt
• http://packetstormsecurity.org/0910-exploits/piwik-upload.txt
• http://piwik.org/blog/2009/10/piwik-response-to-secunia-advisory-sa37078/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37078
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37911
• http://secunia.com/advisories/55160
• http://secunia.com/advisories/55162
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/woopra/changelog/
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24969
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/14/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/14/3

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