CVE-2011-4106
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 23.3%EU EUVD
TimThumb (timthumb.php) before 2.0 does not validate the entire source with the domain white list, which allows remote attackers to upload and execute arbitrary code via a URL containing a white-listed domain in the src parameter, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in the cache directory, as exploited in the wild in August 2011.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 23.3% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-4055)
- Published
- October 26, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-4055 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- binarymoon / timthumb
References
- http://code.google.com/p/timthumb/issues/detail?id=212(Exploit, Patch)
- http://markmaunder.com/2011/08/01/zero-day-vulnerability-in-many-wordpress-themes/
- http://markmaunder.com/2011/08/02/technical-details-and-scripts-of-the-wordpress-timthumb-php-hack/(Patch)
- http://www.binarymoon.co.uk/2011/08/timthumb-2/
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17602(Exploit)
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17872(Exploit)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/03/4
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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