CVE-2011-4106

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 23.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2013-10-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

TimThumb (timthumb.php) before 2.0 does not validate the entire source with the domain white list, which allows remote attackers to upload and execute arbitrary code via a URL containing a white-listed domain in the src parameter, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in the cache directory, as exploited in the wild in August 2011.

Affected products

Binarymoon Timthumb: through 1.99

References

http://code.google.com/p/timthumb/issues/detail?id=212
http://markmaunder.com/2011/08/01/zero-day-vulnerability-in-many-wordpress-themes/
http://markmaunder.com/2011/08/02/technical-details-and-scripts-of-the-wordpress-timthumb-php-hack/
http://www.binarymoon.co.uk/2011/08/timthumb-2/
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17602
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17872
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/03/4
http://code.google.com/p/timthumb/issues/detail?id=212
http://markmaunder.com/2011/08/01/zero-day-vulnerability-in-many-wordpress-themes/
http://markmaunder.com/2011/08/02/technical-details-and-scripts-of-the-wordpress-timthumb-php-hack/
http://www.binarymoon.co.uk/2011/08/timthumb-2/
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17602

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