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CVE-2018-1000094· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

CMS Made Simple version 2.2.5 contains a Remote Code Execution vulnerability in File Manager that can result in Allows an authenticated admi

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Plan (action score 40/100)

  • A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 38.8% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 98.5% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

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Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

CMS Made Simple version 2.2.5 contains a Remote Code Execution vulnerability in File Manager that can result in Allows an authenticated admin that has access to the file manager to execute code on the server. This attack appear to be exploitable via File upload -> copy to any extension.

HighCVSS 7.2 · v3.0—Weaponized No fix recorded
Published
Mar 12, 2018
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
38.8% · 99th percentile

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Action score

40

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
28 / 40 · 7.2 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
12 / 30 · 38.8%

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Affected systems

Is your version affected?

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VendorProduct
cmsmadesimplecms made simple

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • cmsmadesimple cms made simple2.2.5

Same product

cmsmadesimple: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2019-9053An issue was discovered in CMS Made Simple 2.2.8.
    53Plan
  • CVE-2023-36969CMS Made Simple v2.2.17 is vulnerable to Remote Command Execution via the File Upload Function.
    50Plan
  • CVE-2017-16783In CMS Made Simple 2.1.6, there is Server-Side Template Injection via the cntnt01detailtemplate parameter.
    41Plan
  • CVE-2019-9692class.showtime2_image.php in CMS Made Simple (CMSMS) before 2.2.10 does not ensure that a watermark file has a standard image file extension
    40Plan
  • CVE-2018-10085CMS Made Simple (CMSMS) through 2.2.6 allows PHP object injection because of an unserialize call in the _get_data function of \lib\classes\i
    40Plan
  • CVE-2017-1000453CMS Made Simple version 2.1.6 and 2.2 are vulnerable to Smarty templating injection in some core modules, resulting in unauthenticated PHP c
    40Plan

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

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×1
  • Exploit-DB entry ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2018-07-04
Metasploit moduleexploit/multi/http/cmsms_upload_rename_rceCMS Made Simple Authenticated RCE via File Upload/Copyexploit2018-07-03

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.

  1. Published
  2. Metasploit+112 d
  3. First PoC+113 d
  4. TodayOct 13, 2026+3136 d
EPSS, last 120 days

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.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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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

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-434 · Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

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