What is CVE-2018-9921?

CVE-2018-9921 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-04-23.

How severe is CVE-2018-9921?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple

CVE-2018-9921

In CMS Made Simple 2.2.7, a Directory Traversal issue makes it possible to determine the existence of files and directories outside the web-site installation directory, and determine whether a file has contents matching a specified checksum. The attack uses an admin/checksum.php?__c= request.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.015 (71.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Cmsmadesimple Cms_made_simple — versions 2.2.7
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-9921?: CVE-2018-9921 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-04-23.
How severe is CVE-2018-9921?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.