CVE-2022-40797 — Roxy Fileman 1

Roxy Fileman 1.4.6 allows Remote Code Execution via a .phar upload, because the default FORBIDDEN_UPLOADS value in conf.json only blocks .php, .php4, and .php5 files. (Visiting any .phar file invokes the PHP interpreter in some realistic web-server configurations.)

01What is this vulnerability?

Roxy Fileman 1.4.6 allows Remote Code Execution via a .phar upload, because the default FORBIDDEN_UPLOADS value in conf.json only blocks .php, .php4, and .php5 files. (Visiting any .phar file invokes the PHP interpreter in some realistic web-server configurations.)

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

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-11-09T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-05-01T15:51:32.573Z

09References

• salsa.debian.org — https://salsa.debian.org/php-team/php/-/blob/dc253886b5b2e9bc8d9e36db787abb083a6…
• gist.github.com — https://gist.github.com/Hadi999/1f66fe7c5a217ca261ebfec36c630d18
• web.archive.org — https://web.archive.org/web/20210126213412/https://roxyfileman.com/download.php?…
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169964/Roxy-Fileman-1.4.6-Remote-Shell-Uplo…