Insanevisions AdaptCMS 3.0.3 File Upload code injection

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Insanevisions AdaptCMS 3.0.3. Affected is an unknown function of the component File Upload. Performing a manipulation results in code injection. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2015-1059. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Insanevisions AdaptCMS 3.0.3. This affects some unknown functionality of the component File Upload. 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:

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in admin/files/add in AdaptCMS 3.0.3 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a file with a PHP extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in /app/webroot/uploads.

The weakness was disclosed 01/16/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared at zeroscience.mk. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-1059 since 01/16/2015. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. A authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by LiquidWorm and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 10 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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 databases at X-Force (99616), Exploit-DB (35710) and OSVDB (116722†). The entries VDB-73678 and VDB-73676 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Insanevisions

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• AdaptCMS

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• 3.0.3

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