TI-2025-02593 Aliases CVE-2025-2978 GHSA-9r83-hw4r-28h3

WCMS Article Publishing Page CKEditor unrestricted upload

MEDIUM 57CWE-284Published 2025-03-31 · Updated 2025-03-31

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Attack requirements: None
Impact type: Security bypass, Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · Low
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-284 and CWE-434.

Summary

A vulnerability was found in WCMS 11. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /index.php?articleadmin/upload/?&CKEditor=container&CKEditorFuncNum=1 of the component Article Publishing Page. The manipulation of the argument Upload leads to unrestricted upload. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00559 46th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

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Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	WCMS	11	—	No fix listed	CNA

WCMS Vendor— Affected 11 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:wcms:wcms:11.0:::::::*	11.0	Vulnerable	Wcms

cpe:2.3:a:wcms:wcms:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0 Vulnerable ·Wcms

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-2978
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9r83-hw4r-28h3

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/caigo8/CVE-md/blob/main/wcms11/%E4%BB%BB%E6%84%8F%E6%96%87%E4%BB%B6%E4%B8%8A%E4%BC%A0RCE.md

TI-2020-13737 Directory Traversal vulnerability found in Cryptoprof WCMS v.0.3.2 allows a remote… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-15171 In Wcms 0.3.2, an attacker can send a crafted request from a vulnerable web application… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2025-03350 WCMS AnonymousController.php sql injection CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
TI-2025-03349 WCMS AnonymousController.php sql injection CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
TI-2024-08241 vedees wcms finder.php path traversal CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
TI-2025-03348 WCMS Advertisement Image AdvadminController.php sub unrestricted upload CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.1

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Sources

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