What is CVE-2017-16941?

CVE-2017-16941 is a high-severity vulnerability in Octobercms October, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-11-25.

How severe is CVE-2017-16941?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Arbitrary file upload in Octobercms October

CVE-2017-16941

October CMS through 1.0.428 does not prevent use of .htaccess in themes, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code by downloading a theme ZIP archive from /backend/cms/themes, and then uploading and importing a…

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.005 (66.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Octobercms October
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16941?: CVE-2017-16941 is a high-severity vulnerability in Octobercms October, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-11-25.
How severe is CVE-2017-16941?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.