CVE-2015-5958: phpFileManager 0.9.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted URL.

PriorityP274high8.8CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EXPLOIT

EPSS

27.38%

97.8th percentile

phpFileManager 0.9.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted URL.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
phpfilemanager_project	phpfilemanager	—	—

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

versionphpFileManager 0.9.8↗

→Monitor for crafted HTTP requests targeting phpFileManager 0.9.8 endpoints, as exploitation is triggered via a specially crafted URL. ↗
→A Metasploit module exists for this vulnerability (exploits/multi/http/phpfilemanager_rce), indicating automated exploitation is trivially available. ↗

·phpFileManager is distributed as a single PHP file, meaning detection should focus on the presence and web-accessible deployment of this single file rather than a traditional multi-file application install. ↗

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.09.3CRITICALAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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