CVE-2018-16975 — Vulnerability in elefant/cms — CVE Details

CRITICAL

Elefant CMS PHP Code Execution Vulnerability

Published May 13, 2022Updated April 23, 2024Source: osv

Summary

An issue was discovered in Elefant CMS before 2.0.7. There is a PHP Code Execution Vulnerability in `/designer/add/stylesheet.php` by using a `.php` extension in the New Stylesheet Name field in conjunction with `<?php` content, because of insufficient input validation in `apps/designer/handlers/csspreview.php`.

Advisory Timeline

First published May 13, 2022 (1614 days ago).
Last revised April 23, 2024 — 712 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Composer

Update elefant/cms to 2.0.7 or later

composer require "elefant/cms:^2.0.7"

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: packagist (1).

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed In
elefant/cms	packagist	All versions	2.0.7

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CWE-94
Code InjectionMITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2018-16975?: Elefant CMS PHP Code Execution Vulnerability This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.8/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2018-16975?: CVE-2018-16975 affects elefant/cms. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2018-16975 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score

9.8

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-x2w2-qgv6-8xrm

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