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CVE-2012-10037: PhpTax pfilez Parameter Exec Remote Code Injection

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v4.0)
• 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: none known
• Published: 2025-08-11 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

PhpTax version 0.8 contains a remote code execution vulnerability in drawimage.php. The pfilez GET parameter is unsafely passed to the exec() function without sanitization. A remote attacker can inject arbitrary shell commands, leading to code execution under the web server's context. No authentication is required.

Affected products

• PhpTax: 0.8

References

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/phptax_exec.rb
• https://sourceforge.net/projects/phptax/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21665
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21833

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