CVE-2021-37626 (GCVE-0-2021-37626)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-11 22:20 – Updated: 2024-08-04 01:23
VLAI
Title
PHP file inclusion via insert tags
Summary
Contao is an open source CMS that allows you to create websites and scalable web applications. In affected versions it is possible to load PHP files by entering insert tags in the Contao back end. Installations are only affected if they have untrusted back end users who have the rights to modify fields that are shown in the front end. Update to Contao 4.4.56, 4.9.18 or 4.11.7 to resolve. If you cannot update then disable the login for untrusted back end users.
Severity
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7868 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
contao contao Affected: >= 4.0.0, < 4.4.56
Affected: >= 4.5.0, < 4.9.18
Affected: >= 4.10.0, < 4.11.7
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