CVE-2023-53922 (GCVE-0-2023-53922)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-17 22:44 – Updated: 2025-12-18 18:54
VLAI?
Title
TinyWebGallery v2.5 Remote Code Execution via Unrestricted File Upload
Summary
TinyWebGallery v2.5 contains a remote code execution vulnerability in the admin upload functionality that allows unauthenticated attackers to upload malicious PHP files. Attackers can upload .phar files with embedded system commands to execute arbitrary code on the server by accessing the uploaded file's URL.
Severity ?
9.3 (Critical)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
TinyWebGallery TinyWebGallery Affected: 2.5
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Credits
Mirabbas Ağalarov
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