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CVE-2021-42669

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.8 Published: 2021-11-05 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

A file upload vulnerability exists in Sourcecodester Engineers Online Portal in PHP via dashboard_teacher.php, which allows changing the avatar through teacher_avatar.php. Once an avatar gets uploaded it is getting uploaded to the /admin/uploads/ directory, and is accessible by all users. By uploading a php webshell containing "" the attacker can execute commands on the web server with - /admin/uploads/php-webshell?cmd=id.

Affected Platforms

Engineers Online Portal Project Engineers Online Portal

Weakness Type

CWE-434

References