CVE-2012-10052: EGallery 1.2 Arbitrary PHP File Upload

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: 2025-08-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-434

Description

EGallery version 1.2 contains an unauthenticated arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the uploadify.php script. The application fails to validate file types or enforce authentication, allowing remote attackers to upload malicious PHP files directly into the web-accessible egallery/ directory. This results in full remote code execution under the web server context.

Affected products

EGallery: 1.2

References

http://web.archive.org/web/20170128123244/http://www.opensyscom.fr/Actualites/egallery-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability.html
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/egallery_upload_exec.rb
https://sourceforge.net/projects/e-gallery/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20029
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/egallery-arbitrary-php-file-upload
http://web.archive.org/web/20170128123244/http://www.opensyscom.fr/Actualites/egallery-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability.html
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/egallery_upload_exec.rb
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20029

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