CVE Catalog

CVE-2021-47939

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.64%

47th percentile - higher than 47% of all known CVEs

Summary

Evolution CMS 3.1.6 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows authenticated users with module creation permissions to execute arbitrary system commands by injecting PHP code into module parameters. Attackers can send POST requests to /manager/index.php with malicious PHP code in the 'post' parameter to create modules that execute arbitrary commands when invoked.

Risk Assessment

An authenticated attacker can gain full control over the server, leading to compromise of data confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and enabling further attacks.

Recommendation

Immediately upgrade Evolution CMS to the latest version. Also restrict module creation permissions to trusted users and apply input validation.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Evolution CMS 3.1.6 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows authenticated users with module creation permissions to execute arbitrary system commands by injecting PHP code into module parameters. Attackers can send POST requests to /manager/index.php with malicious PHP code in the 'post' parameter to create modules that execute arbitrary commands when invoked.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS