CVE-2012-10037 CRITICAL

CVE-2012-10037: PhpTax pfilez Parameter Exec Remote Code Injection

Vendor Phptax
Product PhpTax
Weakness CWE-78
Published August 11, 2025
Last update April 7, 2026

CVSS base score

9.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

PhpTax version 0.8 contains a remote code execution vulnerability in drawimage.php. The pfilez GET parameter is unsafely passed to the exec() function without sanitization. A remote attacker can inject arbitrary shell commands, leading to code execution under the web server's context. No authentication is required.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 11, 2025 CVE published
April 7, 2026 Record updated