CVE-2012-4036

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-08-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in admin.php in PBBoard 2.1.4 allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in the addons directory. NOTE: this vulnerability can be leveraged by remote attackers using CVE-2012-1216.

Affected products

Pbboard: 2.1.4

References

http://osvdb.org/84479
http://secunia.com/advisories/50153
http://www.pbboard.com/forums/t10352.html
http://www.pbboard.com/forums/t10353.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54916
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77508
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23101
http://osvdb.org/84479
http://secunia.com/advisories/50153
http://www.pbboard.com/forums/t10352.html
http://www.pbboard.com/forums/t10353.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54916

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