Description
CMS Made Simple (CMSMS) through 2.2.6 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability from ordinary user to admin user by arranging for the eff_uid value within $_COOKIE[$this->_loginkey] to equal 1, because an SHA-1 cryptographic protection mechanism can be bypassed.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/itodaro/cve/blob/master/README.md
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0016
EPSS Percentile
36.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-327
Status
published
Products (1)
cmsmadesimple/cms_made_simple
< 2.2.6
Published
Apr 13, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026