A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in CMS Made Simple up to 2.2.7 (Content Management System). Affected is an unknown function of the component Admin Dashboard. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In CMS Made Simple (CMSMS) through 2.2.7, the "module import" operation in the admin dashboard contains a remote code execution vulnerability, exploitable by an admin user, because an XML Package can contain base64-encoded PHP code in a data element.

The bug was discovered 04/27/2018. The weakness was published 04/27/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-10517 since 04/27/2018. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The successful exploitation requires a authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (45793).

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• Content Management System

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• CMS Made Simple

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• 2.2.0
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.2
• 2.2.3
• 2.2.4
• 2.2.5
• 2.2.6
• 2.2.7

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• open-source

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