CVE-2017-1000453

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2017-1000453 · Published 02/01/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-1000453 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting cms made simple (cmsmadesimple).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.8%, higher than 78.6% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.2 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
cms made simple cmsmadesimple	`≥ 2.2.1< 2.2`	`2.2`

Description

CMS Made Simple version 2.1.6 and 2.2 are vulnerable to Smarty templating injection in some core modules, resulting in unauthenticated PHP code execution.

References

cmsmadesimple.org/2017/06/Announcing-CMSMS-2-2-1-Hearts-Desire · Issue Tracking

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

cms made simple

cmsmadesimple

≥ 2.2.1< 2.2

2.2

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