Monstra CMS 3.0.4 Edit Chunk index.php?id=themes&action=edit_chunk os command injection ⚔ [Disputed]

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A vulnerability was found in Monstra CMS 3.0.4. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file admin/index.php?id=themes&action=edit_chunk of the component Edit Chunk Handler. The manipulation leads to os command injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2020-13978. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is still unclear if this vulnerability genuinely exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Monstra CMS 3.0.4 (Content Management System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the file admin/index.php?id=themes&action=edit_chunk of the component Edit Chunk Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

** DISPUTED ** Monstra CMS 3.0.4 allows an attacker, who already has administrative access to modify .chunk.php files on the Edit Chunk screen, to execute arbitrary OS commands via the Theme Module by visiting the admin/index.php?id=themes&action=edit_chunk URI. NOTE: there is no indication that the Edit Chunk feature was intended to prevent an administrator from using PHP's exec feature.

The weakness was presented 06/09/2020. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-13978 since 06/09/2020. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment.

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

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• Content Management System

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• Monstra

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• CMS

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• 3.0.4

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• open-source

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