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CVE-2012-10036

Published: Aug 8, 2025

Modified: May 15, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

Project Pier 0.8.8 and earlier contains an unauthenticated arbitrary file upload vulnerability in tools/upload_file.php. The upload handler fails to validate the file type or enforce authentication, allowing remote attackers to upload malicious PHP files directly into a web-accessible directory. The uploaded file is stored with a predictable suffix and can be executed by requesting its URL, resulting in remote code execution.

Vendor	Product	Versions
ProjectPier	ProjectPier	affected `0 - <= 0.8.8`

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/projectpier_upload_exec.rb

exploit

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21929

exploit

https://packetstorm.news/files/id/117070

exploit

https://web.archive.org/web/20120111090432/http://www.projectpier.org/

product

https://www.opensourcecms.com/projectpier/

product

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/project-pier-arbitrary-file-upload-rce

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