slackero phpwcms up to 1.9.45/1.10.8 Custom Source Tab cnt21.readform.inc.php file_get_contents/is_file cpage_custom deserialization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in slackero phpwcms up to 1.9.45/1.10.8. This impacts the function file_get_contents/is_file of the file include/inc_lib/content/cnt21.readform.inc.php of the component Custom Source Tab. The manipulation of the argument cpage_custom leads to deserialization. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-5498. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in slackero phpwcms up to 1.9.45/1.10.8. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function file_get_contents/is_file of the file include/inc_lib/content/cnt21.readform.inc.php of the component Custom Source Tab. The manipulation of the argument cpage_custom with an unknown input leads to a deserialization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-5498. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at github.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:include/inc_lib/content/cnt21.readform.inc.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.9.46 or 1.10.9 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com.

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Type

• Messaging Software

Vendor

• slackero

Name

• phpwcms

Version

• 1.9.0
• 1.9.1
• 1.9.2
• 1.9.3
• 1.9.4
• 1.9.5
• 1.9.6
• 1.9.7
• 1.9.8
• 1.9.9
• 1.9.10
• 1.9.11
• 1.9.12
• 1.9.13
• 1.9.14
• 1.9.15
• 1.9.16
• 1.9.17
• 1.9.18
• 1.9.19
• 1.9.20
• 1.9.21
• 1.9.22
• 1.9.23
• 1.9.24
• 1.9.25
• 1.9.26
• 1.9.27
• 1.9.28
• 1.9.29
• 1.9.30
• 1.9.31
• 1.9.32
• 1.9.33
• 1.9.34
• 1.9.35
• 1.9.36
• 1.9.37
• 1.9.38
• 1.9.39
• 1.9.40
• 1.9.41
• 1.9.42
• 1.9.43
• 1.9.44
• 1.9.45
• 1.10.0
• 1.10.1
• 1.10.2
• 1.10.3
• 1.10.4
• 1.10.5
• 1.10.6
• 1.10.7
• 1.10.8

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Accepted

• Submit #578054: phpwcms 1.10.8 phar/php filter vulnerability (by Dem0)

Duplicate

• Submit #XXXXXX: Xxxxxxx X.xx.x Xxxx/xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx (by Dem0)

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