PT-2018-19089 · Cms Made Simple · Cms Made Simple

0Xn1K5 · Published 2018-04-23 · Updated 2018-05-25 · CVE-2018-9921

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions CMS Made Simple version 2.2.7

Description A Directory Traversal issue allows an attacker to determine the existence of files and directories outside the web-site installation directory. It also enables checking if a file has contents matching a specified checksum. The attack is carried out using the "admin/checksum.php? c=" API endpoint, specifically targeting the c variable.

Recommendations For CMS Made Simple version 2.2.7, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "admin/checksum.php" API endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the c variable in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-9921

Affected Products

Cms Made Simple

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9921 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9921 · Vendor Advisory
• https://gist.github.com/0xn1k5/ef4c7c7a26c7d8a803ef3a85f1000c98 · Note