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CVE-2017-16941

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 1.56% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-11-25 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2017-16941
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
1.56%

Original NVD Description

October CMS through 1.0.428 does not prevent use of .htaccess in themes, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code by downloading a theme ZIP archive from /backend/cms/themes, and then uploading and importing a modified archive with two new files: a .php file and a .htaccess file. NOTE: the vendor says "I don't think [an attacker able to login to the system under an account that has access to manage/upload themes] is a threat model that we need to be considering.

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