system/session/drivers/cookie.php in Anchor CMS 0.9.x allows remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary
system/session/drivers/cookie.php in Anchor CMS 0.9.x allows remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted serialized object in a cookie.
- Published
- Oct 5, 2015
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 2.5% · 84th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-94
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Report tools
Action score
31
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 2.5%
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| anchorcms | anchor cms | cpe:2.3:a:anchorcms:anchor_cms |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- anchorcms anchor cms0.9.1
- anchorcms anchor cms0.9.2
- anchorcms anchor cms0.9.3
Same product
anchorcms: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2026-88959Anchor CMS through 0.12.7 Privilege Escalation via Missing Authorization on Admin User-Management Endpoints34Monitor
- CVE-2024-37732Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Anchor CMS v.0.12.7 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .pdf file.29Monitor
- CVE-2024-29499Anchor CMS v0.12.7 was discovered to contain a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) via /anchor/admin/users/delete/2.29Monitor
- CVE-2021-44116Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exits in Anchor CMS <=0.12.7 in posts.php.24Monitor
- CVE-2015-5060Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in anchor-cms before 0.9-dev.24Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Aug/76
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Aug/83
- github.com/anchorcms/anchor-cms/pull/904
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.