An issue was discovered in CMS Made Simple 2.2.8. It is possible with the News module, through a crafted URL, to achieve unauthenticated blind time-based SQL injection via the m1_idlist parameter.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-9053 is rated High Exploit Risk (82.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 92.58%, 100th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46635 | exploit_db | edb | 2019-04-02 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-09-16 | 92.02% | 92.58% | +0.56% |
| 2 | 2025-08-27 | 92.22% | 92.02% | -0.20% |
| 3 | 2025-06-09 | — | 92.22% | — |
Full EPSS history (19 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | 3.0 | HIGH |
|
2.2 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 6.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| cmsmadesimple | cms_made_simple | 2.2.8 | cpe:2.3:a:cmsmadesimple:cms_made_simple:2.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152356/CMS-Made-Simple-SQL-Injection.html | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://github.com/Perseus99999/CVE-2019-9053-working-/blob/main/exploit.py | |
| https://newsletter.cmsmadesimple.org/w/89247Qog4jCRCuRinvhsofwg | Release Notes Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.cmsmadesimple.org/2019/03/Announcing-CMS-Made-Simple-v2.2.10-Spuzzum | Release Notes Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46635/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |