CVE-2020-13978 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Monstra CMS 3.0.4 allows an attacker, who already has administrative access to modify .chunk.php files on the Edit Chunk screen, to execute arbitrary OS commands via the Theme Module by visiting the admin/index.php?id=themes&action=edit_chunk URI. NOTE: there is no indication that the Edit Chunk feature was intended to prevent an administrator from using PHP's exec feature

Published: 2020-06-09

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:monstra:monstra_cms:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01272.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/monstra-cms/monstra/issues/464

History

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Subscriptions

Monstra Monstra Cms

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-06-09T13:06:47.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-27T19:49:00.656Z

Reserved: 2020-06-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-13978

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T12:32:14.683Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-06-09T14:15:10.140

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:54:02.783

Link: CVE-2020-13978

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-78
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

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