CVE-2021-40889
Published: 11 October 2021
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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-28044
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
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.
Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.
Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.
Validates inputs used in dynamic code generation to block injected directives.
Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.