CVE-2024-40522 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

There is a remote code execution vulnerability in SeaCMS 12.9. The vulnerability is caused by phomebak.php writing some variable names passed in without filtering them before writing them into the php file. An authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands and obtain system permissions.

Published: 2024-07-12

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: 1.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:seacms:seacms:12.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-38501	There is a remote code execution vulnerability in SeaCMS 12.9. The vulnerability is caused by phomebak.php writing some variable names passed in without filtering them before writing them into the php file. An authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands and obtain system permissions.

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 0.01167.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://gitee.com/fushuling/cve/blob/master/%20SeaCMS%2012.9%20phomebak.php%20code%20injection.md

History

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Subscriptions

Seacms Seacms

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-07-12T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-14T14:24:47.052Z

Reserved: 2024-07-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-40522

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:33:11.580Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-07-12T16:15:05.080

Modified: 2026-06-17T07:46:02.317

Link: CVE-2024-40522

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-94
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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