CVE-2019-12744 — SeedDMS before 5

SeedDMS before 5.1.11 allows Remote Command Execution (RCE) because of unvalidated file upload of PHP scripts, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-12940.

01What is this vulnerability?

SeedDMS before 5.1.11 allows Remote Command Execution (RCE) because of unvalidated file upload of PHP scripts, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-12940.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-06-20T16:26:15.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T23:32:54.177Z

09References

• secfolks.blogspot.com — https://secfolks.blogspot.com/2019/06/exploit-for-cve-2019-12744-remote.html
• sourceforge.net — https://sourceforge.net/p/seeddms/code/ci/master/tree/CHANGELOG
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153383/SeedDMS-Remote-Command-Execution.htm…
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163283/Seeddms-5.1.10-Remote-Command-Execut…