CVE-2012-5653

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.0 v2.0)
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: yes
Published: 2013-01-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The file upload feature in Drupal 6.x before 6.27 and 7.x before 7.18 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the protection mechanism and execute arbitrary PHP code via a null byte in a file name.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 6.0, 7.0
Drupal: 7.0, 7.0-alpha1, 7.0-alpha2, 7.0-alpha3, 7.0-alpha4, 7.0-alpha5 (+64)

References

http://drupal.org/SA-CORE-2012-004
http://drupalcode.org/project/drupal.git/commitdiff/b47f95d
http://drupalcode.org/project/drupal.git/commitdiff/da8023a
http://osvdb.org/88529
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2776
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:074
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/20/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56993
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80795
http://drupal.org/SA-CORE-2012-004
http://drupalcode.org/project/drupal.git/commitdiff/b47f95d
http://drupalcode.org/project/drupal.git/commitdiff/da8023a

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