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CmsMadeSimple Authenticated File Manager RCE

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Disclosed
Jun 7, 2023
Created
Mar 28, 2025

Description

CMS Made Simple with the .phar or .phtml extensions, enabling execution of PHP code
leading to RCE. The file can be executed by accessing its URL in the
/uploads/ directory.

Tested on v2.2.21, v2.2.18, v2.2.17, v2.2.16, v2.2.15, v2.2.14.

Authors

Okan Kurtuluş
Mirabbas Ağalarov
tastyrice

Platform

PHP

Architectures

php

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use exploit/multi/http/cmsms_file_manager_auth_rce
    msf exploit(cmsms_file_manager_auth_rce) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(cmsms_file_manager_auth_rce) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(cmsms_file_manager_auth_rce) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(cmsms_file_manager_auth_rce) > exploit
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