TI-2017-10998 Aliases CVE-2017-14979 GHSA-8gc3-r22g-xgpq

Gxlcms uses an unsafe character-replacement approach in an attempt to restrict access…

LOW 36Published 2017-10-02 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · None · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Gxlcms uses an unsafe character-replacement approach in an attempt to restrict access, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via modified pathnames in the s parameter to index.php, related to Lib/Admin/Action/TplAction.class.php and Lib/Admin/Common/function.php.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01466 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:gxlcms:gxlcms:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Vulnerable	Gxlcms

cpe:2.3:a:gxlcms:gxlcms:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Gxlcms

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-14979
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8gc3-r22g-xgpq

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/Blck4/blck4/blob/master/Gxlcms%20POC.php

TI-2018-10542 The add function in www/Lib/Lib/Action/Admin/TplAction.class.php in Gxlcms v1.1.4 allows… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2020-13956 In \lib\admin\action\dataaction.class.php in Gxlcms v1.1, SQL Injection exists via the $filename parameter. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2018-13074 In \lib\admin\action\dataaction.class.php in Gxlcms v2.0, SQL Injection exists via the ids[] parameter. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2018-10861 In Gxlcms 2.0, a news/index.php?s=Admin-Admin-Insert CSRF attack can add an administrator account. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
TI-2018-13073 In \lib\admin\action\dataaction.class.php in Gxlcms v2.0, the database backup filename… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2018-11783 Gxlcms 2.0 before bug fix 20180915 has SQL Injection exploitable by an administrator. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.2

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Sources

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