CVE-2012-5231

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-10-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

miniCMS 1.0 and 2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted (1) pagename or (2) area variable containing an executable extension, which is not properly handled by (a) update.php when writing files to content/, or (b) updatenews.php when writing files to content/news/.

Affected products

Jessgramp Minicms: 1.0, 2.0

References

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18410
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51612
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72645
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18410
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51612
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72645

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