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CVE-2012-10037

46
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-10037 describes a critical remote code execution vulnerability in PhpTax version 0.8, specifically within the drawimage.php component. An attacker can inject arbitrary shell commands via the unsanitized pfilez GET parameter, leading to code execution on the web server without requiring authentication. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.3 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit modules are publicly available, including a Metasploit module, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating a high potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
PhpTaxPhpTax
0.8CNA affecteddefault unknown

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

9.3CRITICAL

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
HIGH
VS Integrity
HIGH
VS Availability
HIGH
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: PhpTax pfilez Parameter Exec Remote Code Injection · Oct 8, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0119 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

raw.githubusercontent.com / rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/phptax_exec.rb
sourceforge.net / projects/phptax
exploit-db.com / exploits/21665
exploit-db.com / exploits/21833