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CVE-2021-40961

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-06-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

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 '.

Affected products

• CMS Made Simple: through 2.2.15

References

• https://github.com/beerpwn/CVE/blob/master/cms_made_simple_2021/sqli_order_by/CMS-MS-SQLi-report.md
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161895/CMS-Made-Simple-2.2.15-SQL-Injection.html
• https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Mar/49
• https://www.soteritsecurity.com/blog/2023/01/CMS-Made-Simple_CVE-2021-40961.html
• https://github.com/beerpwn/CVE/blob/master/cms_made_simple_2021/sqli_order_by/CMS-MS-SQLi-report.md
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161895/CMS-Made-Simple-2.2.15-SQL-Injection.html
• https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Mar/49
• https://www.soteritsecurity.com/blog/2023/01/CMS-Made-Simple_CVE-2021-40961.html

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