CVE-2021-40961

CVSS V2 Medium 6.5 CVSS V3 High 8.8
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 '.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-40961
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2022-06-09T15:15:09
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-06T21:15:09
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-89 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:cmsmadesimple:cms_made_simple:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.2.15
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/beerpwn/CVE/blob/master/cms_made_simple_2021/sqli_order_by/CMS-MS-SQLi-report.md Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161895/CMS-Made-Simple-2.2.15-SQL-Injection.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Mar/49 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.soteritsecurity.com/blog/2023/01/CMS-Made-Simple_CVE-2021-40961.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40961
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-40961
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-06-09 16:00:10 Added to TrackCVE
2023-02-06 23:14:23 2023-02-06T21:15:09 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-06 23:14:23 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-06 23:14:24 References updated