What is CVE-2012-10037?

CVE-2012-10037 is a vulnerability in Phptax, classified under OS Command Injection. Published 2025-08-11.

Is CVE-2012-10037 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Phptax

CVE-2012-10037

PhpTax version 0.8 contains a remote code execution vulnerability in drawimage.php. The pfilez GET parameter is unsafely passed to the exec() function without sanitization. A remote attacker can inject arbitrary shell commands, leading to code execution under the web server's context. No authentication is required.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2025-08-11 · last modified 2026-06-16.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 66.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Phptax — versions 0.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/m… (exploit)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21665 (exploit)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21833 (exploit)
sourceforge.net/projects/phptax/ (product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-10037?: CVE-2012-10037 is a vulnerability in Phptax, classified under OS Command Injection. Published 2025-08-11.
Is CVE-2012-10037 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.