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high 7.2

CVE-2018-10517 in the critical feed json

In CMS Made Simple (CMSMS) through 2.2.7, the "module import" operation in the admin dashboard contains a remote code execution vulnerabili…

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-2589

cvss
7.2
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
11.5%
EPSS 11.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

In CMS Made Simple (CMSMS) through 2.2.7, the "module import" operation in the admin dashboard contains a remote code execution vulnerability, exploitable by an admin user, because an XML Package can contain base64-encoded PHP code in a data element.

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-45793)

Exploit prediction

11.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-45793 CMS Made Simple 2.2.7 - (Authenticated) Remote Code Execution webapps, 2018-11-06
  • github.com https://github.com/itodaro/cmsms_cve/blob/master/README.md referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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