CVE-2017-16941

October CMS through 1.0.428 does not prevent use of .htaccess in themes, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code by downloading a theme ZIP archive from /backend/cms/themes, and then uploading and importing a modified archive with two new files: a .php file and a .htaccess file. NOTE: the vendor says "I don't think [an attacker able to login to the system under an account that has access to manage/upload themes] is a threat model that we need to be considering.
References
Link Resource
https://github.com/octobercms/october/issues/3257 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:octobercms:october:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Nov 2023, 02:40

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Summary ** DISPUTED ** October CMS through 1.0.428 does not prevent use of .htaccess in themes, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code by downloading a theme ZIP archive from /backend/cms/themes, and then uploading and importing a modified archive with two new files: a .php file and a .htaccess file. NOTE: the vendor says "I don't think [an attacker able to login to the system under an account that has access to manage/upload themes] is a threat model that we need to be considering." October CMS through 1.0.428 does not prevent use of .htaccess in themes, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code by downloading a theme ZIP archive from /backend/cms/themes, and then uploading and importing a modified archive with two new files: a .php file and a .htaccess file. NOTE: the vendor says "I don't think [an attacker able to login to the system under an account that has access to manage/upload themes] is a threat model that we need to be considering.

Information

Published : 2017-11-25 05:29

Updated : 2024-04-11 00:57


NVD link : CVE-2017-16941

Mitre link : CVE-2017-16941

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-16941


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Products Affected

octobercms

  • october
CWE
CWE-434

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type