Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-40889

CriticalPublic PoCRCE

Published: 11 October 2021

Published
11 October 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0040 60.8th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-40889 is a critical-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Cmsuno Project Cmsuno. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 39.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

CMSUno version 1.7.2 is affected by a PHP code execution vulnerability. sauvePass action in {webroot}/uno/central.php file calls to file_put_contents() function to write username in password.php file when a user successfully changed their password. The attacker can inject malicious PHP code…

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into password.php and then use the login function to execute code.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

cmsuno project
cmsuno
1.7.2

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-94

Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.

addresses: CWE-94

Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.

addresses: CWE-94

Validates inputs used in dynamic code generation to block injected directives.

addresses: CWE-94

Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.

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