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CVE-2022-33941 — PowerCMS XMLRPC API provided by Alfasado Inc

PowerCMS XMLRPC API provided by Alfasado Inc. contains a command injection vulnerability. Sending a specially crafted message by POST method to PowerCMS XMLRPC API may allow arbitrary Perl script execution, and an arbitrary OS command may be executed through it. Affected products

CVSS
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EPSS
5.22% (top 10.20%)
CWE
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Published
2022-09-08T07:10:41.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-03T08:16:15.908Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

PowerCMS XMLRPC API provided by Alfasado Inc. contains a command injection vulnerability. Sending a specially crafted message by POST method to PowerCMS XMLRPC API may allow arbitrary Perl script execution, and an arbitrary OS command may be executed through it. Affected products/versions are as follows: PowerCMS 6.021 and earlier (PowerCMS 6 Series), PowerCMS 5.21 and earlier (PowerCMS 5…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Alfasado Inc.PowerCMS XMLRPC APIPowerCMS 6.021 and earlier (PowerCMS 6 Series), PowerCMS 5.21 and earlier (PowerCMS 5 Series), PowerCMS 4.51 and earlier (PowerCMS 4 Series), and PowerCMS 3 Series and earlier which are unsupported (End-of-Life, EOL)

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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