CMS Made Simple up to 2.2.7 Admin Dashboard config.php Directory information disclosure

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in CMS Made Simple up to 2.2.7. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file config.php of the component Admin Dashboard. The manipulation as part of Directory leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-10516. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in CMS Made Simple up to 2.2.7 (Content Management System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file config.php of the component Admin Dashboard. The manipulation as part of a Directory leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In CMS Made Simple (CMSMS) through 2.2.7, the "file rename" operation in the admin dashboard contains a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability, exploitable by an admin user, that can cause DoS by moving config.php to the upload/ directory.

The bug was discovered 04/27/2018. The weakness was shared 04/27/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-10516 since 04/27/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:config.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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

The entries VDB-117178, VDB-117180, VDB-117181 and VDB-117182 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Content Management System

Name

• CMS Made Simple

Version

• 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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