Cadmium CMS has a background arbitrary file upload vulnerability

Description

Cadmium CMS v.0.4.9 has a background arbitrary file upload vulnerability in /admin/content/filemanager/uploads.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
high
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Published (advisory)
2025-12-23 18:30:27 UTC
Updated
2025-12-23 20:00:41 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2025-12-23 20:00:39 UTC
NVD published
2025-12-23

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.08% 22.79%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
7.4 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and stable.
Attack requirements (AT:N)
No additional preconditions are required beyond normal reachability.
Privileges required (PR:L)
Low privileges are required.
User interaction (UI:N)
No user interaction is required.
Vulnerable system confidentiality impact (VC:H)
High confidentiality impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system integrity impact (VI:H)
High integrity impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system availability impact (VA:H)
High availability impact on the vulnerable system.
Subsequent system confidentiality impact (SC:N)
No confidentiality impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system integrity impact (SI:N)
No integrity impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system availability impact (SA:N)
No availability impact on subsequent systems.
Exploit maturity (threat) (E:P)
Proof-of-concept: public PoC exists; no reported exploitation and no known simplification tools.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
composer cadmium-org/cadmium-cms <= 0.4.9

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence