CVE-2011-1584

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-06-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The updateFile function in inc/core/class.dc.media.php in the Media Manager in Dotclear before 2.2.3 does not properly restrict pathnames, which allows remote authenticated users to upload and execute arbitrary PHP code via the media_path or media_file parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Dotclear: through 2.2.2; 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.2.6 (+23)

References

http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0/changeset/2:3427
http://dotclear.org/blog/post/2011/04/01/Dotclear-2.2.3
http://fr.dotclear.org/blog/post/2011/04/01/Dotclear-2.2.3
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/13/19
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/14/8
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/15/11
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/15/7
http://secunia.com/advisories/44049
http://www.arcabit.com/english/home/a-flaw-in-dotclear
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0/changeset/2:3427
http://dotclear.org/blog/post/2011/04/01/Dotclear-2.2.3
http://fr.dotclear.org/blog/post/2011/04/01/Dotclear-2.2.3

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