CVE-2014-8790

Summary

CVECVE-2014-8790
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-01-20 15:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionXML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in admin/api.php in GetSimple CMS 3.1.1 through 3.3.x before 3.3.5 Beta 1, when in certain configurations, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the data parameter.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cagintranetworks Getsimple Cms 3.3.3 All All All
Application Cagintranetworks Getsimple Cms 3.3.4 All All All
Application Get-simple Getsimple Cms 3.1.1 All All All
Application Get-simple Getsimple Cms 3.1.2 All All All
Application Get-simple Getsimple Cms 3.2 All All All
Application Get-simple Getsimple Cms 3.2.1 All All All
Application Get-simple Getsimple Cms 3.2.2 All All All
Application Get-simple Getsimple Cms 3.2.3 All All All
Application Get-simple Getsimple Cms 3.3.0 All All All
Application Get-simple Getsimple Cms 3.3.1 All All All
Application Get-simple Getsimple Cms 3.3.2 b3 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability in admin/api.php · Issue #944 · GetSimpleCMS/GetSimpleCMS · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Full Disclosure: [KIS-2014-17] GetSimple CMS <= 3.3.4 (api.php) XML External Entity Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit
GetSimple CMS <= 3.3.4 (api.php) XML External Entity Vulnerability | Karma(In)Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 karmainsecurity.com Exploit
Version Change Log | GetSimple CMS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 get-simple.info
GetSimple CMS 3.3.4 XML External Entity Injection ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com Exploit
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