Description
CMS Made Simple (CMSMS) 2.2.7 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 files in the tmp/ directory are accessible through HTTP requests. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2018-10084.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/itodaro/cmsms_cve/blob/master/README.md
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0036
EPSS Percentile
57.9%
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-732
Status
published
Products (1)
cmsmadesimple/cms_made_simple
2.2.7
Published
Apr 27, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026