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CVE-2023-3852: OpenRapid RapidCMS upload.php unrestricted upload

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 36/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 25.2% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 97.9% 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.
No fixed version is recorded, but the references include a patch (commit or PR) link.
Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 4.7, NVD 7.2.

Low priority for now. See the fix and affected versions sections below.

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

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

A vulnerability was found in OpenRapid RapidCMS up to 1.3.1. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /admin/upload.php. The manipulation of the argument file leads to unrestricted upload. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is 4dff387283060961c362d50105ff8da8ea40bcbe. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-235204.

HighCVSS 7.2 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded

File upload

Published: Jul 23, 2023
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 25.2% · 97th percentile
CWE: CWE-434

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Action score

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 28 / 40 · 7.2 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 8 / 30 · 25.2%

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: 7.2
CNA · VulDB: 4.7; 2.5 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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Vendor	Product	CPE
openrapid	rapidcms	cpe:2.3:a:openrapid:rapidcms

Affected versions

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

openrapid rapidcmsup to 1.3.1 inclusive

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (VulDB). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

OpenRapid RapidCMS
- 1.3.0, 1.3.1affected

Same product

openrapid: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2024-45771RapidCMS v1.3.1 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the password parameter at /resource/runlogin.php.
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CVE-2024-44839RapidCMS v1.3.1 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the articleid parameter at /default/article.php.
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CVE-2024-44838RapidCMS v1.3.1 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the username parameter at /resource/runlogin.php.
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Published before and after this one in the same product

Later →CVE-2023-4446Aug 20, 2023 · OpenRapid RapidCMS category.php sql injection
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Later →CVE-2023-4447Aug 20, 2023 · OpenRapid RapidCMS article-chat.php sql injection
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Later →CVE-2023-4448Aug 20, 2023 · OpenRapid RapidCMS run-movepass.php password recovery
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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

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Research context

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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.

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.

OpenRapid/rapidcmscommit 4dff387

Credits

All researchers

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TXPH (VulDB User)analyst

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).