CVE-2017-5520

8.8 highEPSS 1.8%

High (8.8) in metalgenix genixcms. EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The media rename feature in GeniXCMS through 0.0.8 does not consider alternative PHP file extensions when checking uploaded files for PHP content, which enables a user to rename and execute files with the `.php6`, `.php7` and `.phtml` extensions.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

8.8 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 78% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-434
Published: 2017-01-17
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

metalgenix:genixcms

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95460
https://github.com/semplon/GeniXCMS/issues/62
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95460
https://github.com/semplon/GeniXCMS/issues/62

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