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CVE-2012-10038: Auxilium RateMyPet Arbitrary File Upload RCE

• 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-434

Description

Auxilium RateMyPet contains an unauthenticated arbitrary file upload vulnerability in upload_banners.php. The banner upload feature fails to validate file types or enforce authentication, allowing remote attackers to upload malicious PHP files. These files are stored in a web-accessible /banners/ directory and can be executed directly, resulting in remote code execution.

Affected products

• Auxilium RateMyPet: all versions

References

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/auxilium_upload_exec.rb
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120331222419/http://www.auxiliumsoftware.com/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21329
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21836

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