Authenticated code execution via PHP-bearing PNG upload
Published Dec 10, 2024 · Updated Nov 3, 2025
Unrestricted file upload in Image Access GmbH Scan2Net before 7.42 allows remote authenticated users to execute OS commands. The Poweruser background and lock-screen upload handlers accept valid PNG files containing injected PHP and place them in the web root, where a subsequent request executes the embedded code. A valid Poweruser session is required, and execution runs remotely as the www-data account with arbitrary PHP and OS-command capability.
Summary
What happened
Unrestricted file upload in Image Access GmbH Scan2Net before 7.42 allows remote authenticated users to execute OS commands. The Poweruser background and lock-screen upload handlers accept valid PNG files containing injected PHP and place them in the web root, where a subsequent request executes the embedded code. A valid Poweruser session is required, and execution runs remotely as the www-data account with arbitrary PHP and OS-command capability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-47946
- Published
- Dec 10, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Vendor
- Image Access GmbH
- Product
- Scan2Net
- Classifications
- CWE-434, T1505.003
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 10, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <7.42 changes=[{"at":"7.42","status":"unaffected"}]
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