CVE-2022-36261 — An arbitrary file deletion vulnerability was discovered in taocms 3

An arbitrary file deletion vulnerability was discovered in taocms 3.0.2, that allows attacker to delete file in server when request url admin.php?action=file&ctrl=del&path=/../../../test.txt

01What is this vulnerability?

An arbitrary file deletion vulnerability was discovered in taocms 3.0.2, that allows attacker to delete file in server when request url admin.php?action=file&ctrl=del&path=/../../../test.txt

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

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

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

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

• Published: 2022-08-23T12:46:47.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-03T10:00:04.290Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/chasingboy/cms-pentest/blob/main/taocms-arbitrary-file-deleti…
• github.com — https://github.com/chasingboy/cms-pentest/blob/main/taocms-arbitrary-file-deleti…