CVE-2012-10038

published 2025-08-11

CVE-2012-10038: Auxilium RateMyPet contains an unauthenticated arbitrary file upload vulnerability in upload_banners.php. The banner upload feature fails to validate file…

Priority P2 74 critical 9.3 CVSS 4.0

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EXPLOIT

Auxilium RateMyPet contains an unauthenticated arbitrary file upload vulnerability in upload_banners.php. The banner upload feature fails to validate file types or enforce authentication, allowing remote attackers to upload malicious PHP files. These files are stored in a web-accessible /banners/ directory and can be executed directly, resulting in remote code execution.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
auxilium	ratemypet	—	—

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

path /banners/↗

path upload_banners.php↗

• → Monitor for unauthenticated POST requests to upload_banners.php, particularly those uploading PHP files (e.g., Content-Type: application/x-php or filenames ending in .php). ↗
• → Alert on HTTP GET/POST requests to files under the /banners/ directory with a .php extension, which would indicate execution of an uploaded webshell. ↗
• → The Metasploit module exploits the banner uploading feature to upload an arbitrary file accessible in the 'banner' directory; look for Metasploit-characteristic User-Agent strings in requests to upload_banners.php. ↗

• · The vulnerable endpoint upload_banners.php requires no authentication, meaning any network-accessible instance is exploitable without credentials. ↗

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