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ghsa-w6jr-fv5g-m8h5

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-12-19 21:30

Modified

2025-12-19 21:30

Severity ?

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.7 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Details

Dotclear 2.25.3 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to upload malicious PHP files with .phar extension through the blog post creation interface. Attackers can upload files containing PHP system commands that execute when the uploaded file is accessed, enabling arbitrary code execution on the server.

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CVE-2023-53952 (GCVE-0-2023-53952)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-12-19 21:05

Modified

2025-12-19 21:55

Severity ?

8.7 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Summary

Dotclear 2.25.3 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to upload malicious PHP files with .phar extension through the blog post creation interface. Attackers can upload files containing PHP system commands that execute when the uploaded file is accessed, enabling arbitrary code execution on the server.

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51353	exploit
	https://dotclear.org/	technical-description
	https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dotclear-authenticated-remote-code-execution-via-file-upload	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Dotclear	Dotclear	Version: 2.25.3

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