Code Injection in CMS Made Simple - CVE-2019-9058
Published: October 8, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21606
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9058
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: cmsmadesimple.org
Affected software:
CMS Made Simple
CMS Made Simple
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the administrator page "admin/changegroupperm.php" due to improper input validation in the "sel_groups" parameter. A remote authenticated administrator can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-9058
Install updates from vendor's website.