Vulnerability · Published Sep 27, 2023 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2023-5221ForU CMS index.php code injection

Medium 4.7

In plain English

A medium-severity code injection in CMS from ForU. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.5% (higher than 74% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.7Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.5%top 25.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in ForU CMS. This affects an unknown part of the file /install/index.php. The manipulation of the argument db_name leads to code injection. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. This product does not use versioning. This is why information about affected and unaffected releases are unavailable. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-240363. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
ForU	CMS	n/a

Weakness: CWE-94 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.240363 vdb-entry, technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.240363 signature, permissions-required
https://github.com/Fovker8/cve/blob/main/rce.md exploit