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Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

CVE-2021-37372

High
8.8/10

Summary

Online Student Admission System 1.0 is affected by an insecure file upload vulnerability. A low privileged user can upload malicious PHP files by updating their profile image to gain remote code execution.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with dangerous type

'Unrestricted file upload with dangerous type' attacks involve an attacker uploading or transferring files of dangerous types to the server. The severity of such an attack depends upon the execution mechanism and the storage location of the uploaded file. Thus, it may range from simple defacement to arbitrary file execution, and complete system takeover.

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