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CVE-2023-44381 (GCVE-0-2023-44381)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-01 21:48 – Updated: 2024-08-02 20:07
VLAI
Title
October CMS safe mode bypass using Page template injection
Summary
October is a Content Management System (CMS) and web platform to assist with development workflow. An authenticated backend user with the `editor.cms_pages`, `editor.cms_layouts`, or `editor.cms_partials` permissions who would normally not be permitted to provide PHP code to be executed by the CMS due to `cms.safe_mode` being enabled can craft a special request to include PHP code in the CMS template. This issue has been patched in version 3.4.15.
Severity
4.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
octobercms october Affected: >= 3.0.0, < 3.4.15
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