CVE-2026-5203 (GCVE-0-2026-5203)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-31 15:45 – Updated: 2026-03-31 17:35 X_Open Source
VLAI?
Title
CMS Made Simple UserGuide Module XML Import class.UserGuideImporterExporter.php _copyFilesToFolder path traversal
Summary
A vulnerability was found in CMS Made Simple up to 2.2.22. This impacts the function _copyFilesToFolder in the library modules/UserGuide/lib/class.UserGuideImporterExporter.php of the component UserGuide Module XML Import. The manipulation results in path traversal. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. This issue has been reported early to the project. They confirmed, that "this has already been discovered and fixed for the next release."
Severity ?
5.1 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
4.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
4.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a CMS Made Simple Affected: 2.2.0
Affected: 2.2.1
Affected: 2.2.2
Affected: 2.2.3
Affected: 2.2.4
Affected: 2.2.5
Affected: 2.2.6
Affected: 2.2.7
Affected: 2.2.8
Affected: 2.2.9
Affected: 2.2.10
Affected: 2.2.11
Affected: 2.2.12
Affected: 2.2.13
Affected: 2.2.14
Affected: 2.2.15
Affected: 2.2.16
Affected: 2.2.17
Affected: 2.2.18
Affected: 2.2.19
Affected: 2.2.20
Affected: 2.2.21
Affected: 2.2.22
    cpe:2.3:a:cms_made_simple:cms_made_simple:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Credits
caginkyr (VulDB User)
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