CVE-2014-8790 (GCVE-0-2014-8790)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-01-20 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:26
VLAI
Summary
XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in admin/api.php in GetSimple CMS 3.1.1 through 3.3.x before 3.3.5 Beta 1, when in certain configurations, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the data parameter.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2014-10-28 00:00
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