PluXml CMS 5.8.22 home.php code injection

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in PluXml CMS 5.8.22. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file home.php. Performing a manipulation results in code injection. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-67436. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in PluXml CMS 5.8.22. This affects some unknown processing of the file home.php. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Authenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) in PluXml CMS 5.8.22 allows an attacker with administrator panel access to inject a malicious PHP webshell into a theme file (e.g., home.php).

This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-67436 since 12/08/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/25/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:home.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 279663 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-67436), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

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 Tenable (279663). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Content Management System

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• PluXml

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• CMS

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• 5.8.22

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