# CVE-2022-41573: An issue was discovered in Ovidentia 8.3.

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-01-07 · Updated: 2025-01-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in Ovidentia 8.3. The file upload feature does not prevent the uploading of executable files. A user can upload a .png file containing PHP code and then rename it to have the .php extension. It will then be accessible at an images/common/ URI for remote code execution.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://bitbucket.org/cantico/ovidentia/branches/
- https://github.com/Orange-Cyberdefense/CVE-repository/
- https://github.com/Orange-Cyberdefense/CVE-repository/blob/master/PoCs/poc_CVE-2022-41573.txt

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