What is CVE-2023-27060?

CVE-2023-27060 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Lightcms Project, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-03-22.

How severe is CVE-2023-27060?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Lightcms Project

CVE-2023-27060

LightCMS v1.3.7 was discovered to contain a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability via the image:make function.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2023-03-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 69.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Lightcms Project — versions 1.3.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

igml.top/2021/05/10/lightcms-RCE/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/eddy8/LightCMS/issues/21 (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-27060?: CVE-2023-27060 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Lightcms Project, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-03-22.
How severe is CVE-2023-27060?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.