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Vulnerability · Published Sep 8, 2022 · Assigned by jpcert

CVE-2022-33941

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in PowerCMS XMLRPC API from Alfasado Inc.. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.9% (higher than 80% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.9%top 20.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

PowerCMS XMLRPC API provided by Alfasado Inc. contains a command injection vulnerability. Sending a specially crafted message by POST method to PowerCMS XMLRPC API may allow arbitrary Perl script execution, and an arbitrary OS command may be executed through it. Affected products/versions are as follows: PowerCMS 6.021 and earlier (PowerCMS 6 Series), PowerCMS 5.21 and earlier (PowerCMS 5 Series), and PowerCMS 4.51 and earlier (PowerCMS 4 Series). Note that all versions of PowerCMS 3 Series and earlier which are unsupported (End-of-Life, EOL) are also affected by this vulnerability.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Alfasado Inc. PowerCMS XMLRPC API PowerCMS 6.021 and earlier (PowerCMS 6 Series), PowerCMS 5.21 and earlier (PowerCMS 5 Series), PowerCMS 4.51 and earlier (PowerCMS 4 Series), and PowerCMS 3 Series and earlier which are unsupported (End-of-Life, EOL)

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