CVE-2012-4036

high

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in admin.php in PBBoard 2.1.4 allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in the addons directory. NOTE: this vulnerability can be leveraged by remote attackers using CVE-2012-1216.

References

https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23101

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77508

http://www.pbboard.com/forums/t10352.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/50153

http://osvdb.org/84479

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-08-27

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.05206