CVE-2022-41573 — An issue was discovered in Ovidentia 8

An issue was discovered in Ovidentia 8.3. The file upload feature does not prevent the uploading of executable files. A user can upload a .png file containing PHP code and then rename it to have the .php extension. It will then be accessible at an images/common/ URI for remote co

01What is this vulnerability?

An issue was discovered in Ovidentia 8.3. The file upload feature does not prevent the uploading of executable files. A user can upload a .png file containing PHP code and then rename it to have the .php extension. It will then be accessible at an images/common/ URI for remote code execution.

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: 2025-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-01-08T15:06:32.533Z

09References

• bitbucket.org — https://bitbucket.org/cantico/ovidentia/branches/
• github.com — https://github.com/Orange-Cyberdefense/CVE-repository/
• github.com — https://github.com/Orange-Cyberdefense/CVE-repository/blob/master/PoCs/poc_CVE-2…