CVE-2012-10042 HIGH

CVE-2012-10042: Sflog! CMS 1.0 Arbitrary File Upload RCE

Vendor Sflog!
Product Sflog! CMS
Weakness CWE-434 · Unrestricted file upload
Published August 8, 2025
Last update April 7, 2026

CVSS base score

8.7/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Sflog! CMS 1.0 contains an authenticated arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the blog management interface. The application ships with default credentials (admin:secret) and allows authenticated users to upload files via manage.php. The upload mechanism fails to validate file types, enabling attackers to upload a PHP backdoor into a web-accessible directory (blogs/download/uploads/). Once uploaded, the file can be executed remotely, resulting in full remote code execution.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 8, 2025 CVE published
April 7, 2026 Record updated