CVE-2021-28999 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

SQL Injection vulnerability in CMS Made Simple through 2.2.15 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the m1_sortby parameter to modules/News/function.admin_articlestab.php.

Published: 2023-05-08

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cmsmadesimple:cms_made_simple:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-15646	SQL Injection vulnerability in CMS Made Simple through 2.2.15 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the m1_sortby parameter to modules/News/function.admin_articlestab.php.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00238.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/beerpwn/CVE/blob/master/cms_made_simple_2021/sqli_order_by/CMS-MS-SQLi-report.md
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Mar/49

History

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-05-08T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-29T16:21:36.241Z

Reserved: 2021-03-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-28999

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T21:55:12.243Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-08T14:15:10.770

Modified: 2025-01-29T17:15:13.640

Link: CVE-2021-28999

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-89

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