Vulnerability · Published Jun 9, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-40961
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.8% (higher than 78% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.8%top 21.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
CMS Made Simple <=2.2.15 is affected by SQL injection in modules/News/function.admin_articlestab.php. The $sortby variable is concatenated with $query1, but it is possible to inject arbitrary SQL language without using the '.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Mar/49
- https://github.com/beerpwn/CVE/blob/master/cms_made_simple_2021/sqli_order_by/CMS-MS-SQLi-report.md
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161895/CMS-Made-Simple-2.2.15-SQL-Injection.html
- https://www.soteritsecurity.com/blog/2023/01/CMS-Made-Simple_CVE-2021-40961.html