CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-38836

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Very high risk
69.00%

99th percentile - higher than 99% of all known CVEs

Summary

File upload vulnerability in BoidCMS v.2.0.0 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by adding a GIF header to bypass MIME type checks.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can upload a malicious file that, when executed on the server, may lead to application compromise, data theft, or further attacks on the infrastructure.

Recommendation

Immediately update BoidCMS to the latest version and implement additional server-side file validation, such as checking the actual file content.

Original NVD description (English source)

File Upload vulnerability in BoidCMS v.2.0.0 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by adding a GIF header to bypass MIME type checks.

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