CVE Catalog

CVE-2014-8997

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The DigitalVidhya Digi Online Examination System 2.0 has an unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the photo functionality, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to remotely execute malicious code, potentially compromising the system and user data.

Recommendation

It is recommended to implement restrictions on file uploads to prevent the uploading of executable files and to deploy additional validation mechanisms for uploaded files.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the Photo functionality in DigitalVidhya Digi Online Examination System 2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in assets/uploads/images/.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS