CVE-2014-8997

published 2014-11-20

CVE-2014-8997: Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the Photo functionality in DigitalVidhya Digi Online Examination System 2.0 allows remote attackers to execute…

Priority P2 62 high 7.5 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC L Au N C P I P A P

EXPLOIT

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the Photo functionality in DigitalVidhya Digi Online Examination System 2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in assets/uploads/images/.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
digitalvidhya	digi_online_examination_system	—	—

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

path assets/uploads/images/↗

url http://example.com/assets/uploads/images/shellname.php↗

• → Detect HTTP POST requests uploading files with executable extensions (e.g., .php) to the Photo registration endpoint, followed by a direct GET request to assets/uploads/images/<filename>.php ↗
• → Alert on direct HTTP GET requests to paths matching assets/uploads/images/*.php (or other executable extensions), which indicates webshell access after exploitation ↗

• · The vulnerable upload path is relative to the web root; the exact base URL will vary per deployment. Defenders should anchor detection to the relative path assets/uploads/images/ rather than a fixed hostname. ↗
• · The vulnerability is specific to version 2.0 of Digi Online Examination System; confirm the installed version before applying targeted detections. ↗

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