Multiple unrestricted file upload vulnerabilities in fileupload.php in PivotX before 2.3.9 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbit
Multiple unrestricted file upload vulnerabilities in fileupload.php in PivotX before 2.3.9 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a file with a (1) .php or (2) .php# extension, and then accessing it via unspecified vectors.
- Published
- Apr 15, 2014
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 2.1% · 81th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
31
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 2.1%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| pivotx | pivotx | cpe:2.3:a:pivotx:pivotx |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- pivotx pivotxup to 2.3.8 inclusive
- pivotx pivotx2.1.0
- pivotx pivotx2.1.1
- pivotx pivotx2.1.2
- pivotx pivotx2.2.0
- pivotx pivotx2.2.1
- pivotx pivotx2.2.2
- pivotx pivotx2.2.3
- pivotx pivotx2.2.5
- pivotx pivotx2.3.0
- pivotx pivotx2.3.2
- pivotx pivotx2.3.3
- pivotx pivotx2.3.5
- pivotx pivotx2.3.6
- pivotx pivotx2.3.7
Same product
pivotx: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2017-8402PivotX 2.3.11 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code via vectors involving an upload of a .htaccess file.35Monitor
- CVE-2017-7570PivotX 2.3.11 allows remote authenticated Advanced users to execute arbitrary PHP code by performing an upload with a safe file extension (s35Monitor
- CVE-2015-5457PivotX before 2.3.11 does not validate the new file extension when renaming a file with multiple extensions, which allows remote attackers t31Monitor
- CVE-2011-1035The password reset in PivotX before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to modify the passwords of arbitrary users via unspecified vectors.31Monitor
- CVE-2017-14958lib.php in PivotX 2.3.11 does not properly block uploads of dangerous file types by admin users, which allows remote PHP code execution via 28Monitor
- CVE-2015-5458Session fixation vulnerability in fileupload.php in PivotX before 2.3.11 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via the sess paramet28Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
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No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Noroxi analysis
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References
- blog.pivotx.net/archive/2014/03/03/pivotx-239-released
- pivotx.net/page/security
- sourceforge.net/p/pivot-weblog/code/4347/
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/901156
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.