| Component | Version(s) | Deployment | Entry Point | |-----------|------------|------------|-------------| | RapidShare 1 – Web front‑end (PHP) | 1.0.0 – 1.0.2 | On‑premise & legacy hosted SaaS | upload.php, share.php, download.php (any endpoint that processes the filename or metadata GET/POST parameters) |

The vulnerability does not affect RapidShare 2 or later releases.

| Date | Event | |------|-------| | 01 Apr 2026 | RoughMan POC posted publicly on GitHub (private repo). | | 02 Apr 2026 | ZeroDay Labs contacts RapidShare via responsible‑disclosure channel. | | 05 Apr 2026 | RapidShare acknowledges receipt, begins internal triage. | | 09 Apr 2026 | Patch candidate ready; internal QA begins regression testing. | | 12 Apr 2026 | RapidShare 1.0.1‑patch released (version 1.0.1‑rc2). | | 13 Apr 2026 | Patch rolled out to all production clusters (Blue‑Green deployment). | | 14 Apr 2026 | Public advisory and patch‑application guide published. |

| Attribute | Details | |-----------|---------| | Type | Server‑Side Template Injection (SSTI) / Remote Code Execution | | CVE | CVE‑2024‑XXXXX (assigned after disclosure) | | Bug ID (vendor) | RS‑2024‑001 | | Root Cause | The application used the Twig templating engine to render user‑supplied metadata without proper sanitisation. The … delimiters were not escaped when constructing a confirmation page for uploaded files. | | Attack Vector | Remote – attacker sends a crafted HTTP request containing malicious template syntax in the filename or description fields. | | Privileges Required | None (the endpoint is publicly reachable) | | Impact | Arbitrary PHP code execution on the web server, allowing the attacker to read/write files, retrieve database credentials, and pivot to the underlying host. | | Complexity | Low – a single HTTP POST/GET is sufficient. | | Discovery | Reported by independent security researcher “RoughMan” (pseudonym). |

| Metric | Rating (CVSS v3.1) | |--------|-------------------| | Base Score | 9.8 (Critical) | | Vector | Network (N) / Attack Complexity (L) / Privileges Required (N) / User Interaction (N) / Scope (U) / Confidentiality (H) / Integrity (H) / Availability (H) | | Potential Consequences | • Full compromise of the web application
• Exposure of stored user files
• Lateral movement to internal services (if the server is on a trusted network) |

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The term RoughMan originates from an internal codename used by RapidShare’s engineering team for a custom template rendering engine. The engine parses user‑supplied metadata (title, description, tags) to generate dynamic HTML snippets for the public file page.

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