CVE-2011-4106
TimThumb (timthumb.php) before 2.0 does not validate the entire source with the domain white list, which allows remote attackers to upload and execute arbitrary code via a URL containing a white-listed domain in the src parameter, then accessing it via…
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Description
TimThumb (timthumb.php) before 2.0 does not validate the entire source with the domain white list, which allows remote attackers to upload and execute arbitrary code via a URL containing a white-listed domain in the src parameter, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in the cache directory, as exploited in the wild in August 2011.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 23.16% probability · 98th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- binarymoon/timthumb
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://code.google.com/p/timthumb/issues/detail?id=212Exploit, Patch
- http://markmaunder.com/2011/08/01/zero-day-vulnerability-in-many-wordpress-themes/
- http://markmaunder.com/2011/08/02/technical-details-and-scripts-of-the-wordpress-timthumb-php-hack/Patch
- http://www.binarymoon.co.uk/2011/08/timthumb-2/
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17602Exploit
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17872Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/03/4
- http://code.google.com/p/timthumb/issues/detail?id=212Exploit, Patch
- http://markmaunder.com/2011/08/01/zero-day-vulnerability-in-many-wordpress-themes/
- http://markmaunder.com/2011/08/02/technical-details-and-scripts-of-the-wordpress-timthumb-php-hack/Patch
- http://www.binarymoon.co.uk/2011/08/timthumb-2/
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17602Exploit
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17872Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/03/4
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.