CVE-2019-11447

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 52.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-04-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-434

Description

An issue was discovered in CutePHP CuteNews 2.1.2. An attacker can infiltrate the server through the avatar upload process in the profile area via the avatar_file field to index.php?mod=main&opt=personal. There is no effective control of $imgsize in /core/modules/dashboard.php. The header content of a file can be changed and the control can be bypassed for code execution. (An attacker can use the GIF header for this.)

Affected products

CutePHP.com CuteNews: 2.1.2

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159134/CuteNews-2.1.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://pentest.com.tr/exploits/CuteNews-2-1-2-Remote-Code-Execution-Metasploit.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46698/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159134/CuteNews-2.1.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://pentest.com.tr/exploits/CuteNews-2-1-2-Remote-Code-Execution-Metasploit.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46698/

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