Unauthenticated RCE via executable image upload
Published Jan 12, 2026 · Updated Jan 12, 2026
Unrestricted file upload in Sourcecodester Covid-19 Contact Tracing System 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary server-side code. The image upload handler accepts executable extensions without server-side file-type, extension, or content validation, leaving an uploaded PHP payload executable by the web server. No authentication or user interaction is required; execution uses the web server process's privileges and permits data access, modification, or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Unrestricted file upload in Sourcecodester Covid-19 Contact Tracing System 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary server-side code. The image upload handler accepts executable extensions without server-side file-type, extension, or content validation, leaving an uploaded PHP payload executable by the web server. No authentication or user interaction is required; execution uses the web server process's privileges and permits data access, modification, or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-66802
- Published
- Jan 12, 2026
- Updated
- Jan 12, 2026
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-434, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jan 12, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 12, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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