S-CMS 5.0 /admin/ajax.php privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in S-CMS 5.0. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /admin/ajax.php. This manipulation causes an unknown weakness. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2023-29963. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in S-CMS 5.0 (Content Management System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the file /admin/ajax.php. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

S-CMS v5.0 was discovered to contain an authenticated remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability via the component /admin/ajax.php.

The weakness was presented 05/06/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-29963 since 04/07/2023. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

By approaching the search of inurl:admin/ajax.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 vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-33493). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.1
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NVD Base Score: 7.2
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CNA Base Score: 7.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
CAPEC: 🔍
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
Google Hack: 🔍

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/07/2023 🔍
05/06/2023 +29 days 🔍
05/06/2023 +0 days 🔍
12/16/2025 +955 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-29963 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-29963
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-228163
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 05/06/2023 07:47
Updated: 12/16/2025 23:48
Changes: 05/06/2023 07:47 (36), 05/28/2023 14:40 (11), 01/30/2025 10:19 (25), 12/16/2025 23:48 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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