A vulnerability was found in GeniXCMS 1.1.4 (Content Management System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Install Themes Page. The manipulation as part of a ZIP Archive leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Install Themes page in GeniXCMS 1.1.4, remote authenticated users can execute arbitrary PHP code via a .php file in a ZIP archive of a theme.

The bug was discovered 09/21/2017. The weakness was disclosed 09/27/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at ph0rse.me. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-14763 since 09/27/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The entries 107175, 107176, 107178 and 107179 are pretty similar.

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• 1.1.4

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