# CVE-2019-11447: An issue was discovered in CutePHP CuteNews 2.1.2.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 on Exploit-DB, 7 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2019-04-22 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in CutePHP CuteNews 2.1.2. An attacker can infiltrate the server through the avatar upload process in the profile area via the avatar_file field to index.php?mod=main&opt=personal. There is no effective control of $imgsize in /core/modules/dashboard.php. The header content of a file can be changed and the control can be bypassed for code execution. (An attacker can use the GIF header for this.)

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## References

- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46698/
- http://pentest.com.tr/exploits/CuteNews-2-1-2-Remote-Code-Execution-Metasploit.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159134/CuteNews-2.1.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46698
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48800
- https://github.com/CRFSlick/CVE-2019-11447-POC
- https://github.com/ColdFusionX/CVE-2019-11447_CuteNews-AvatarUploadRCE
- https://github.com/capivara-research/WordPress-Path-Traversal-CVE-2019-11447
- https://github.com/khuntor/CVE-2019-11447-EXP
- https://github.com/mt-code/CVE-2019-11447
- https://github.com/substing/CVE-2019-11447_reverse_shell_upload
- https://github.com/thewhiteh4t/cve-2019-11447

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