High severity · published Feb 20, 2018
CVE-2018-7046
Arbitrary code execution vulnerability in Kentico 9 through 11 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary operating system commands in a dynamic .NET code evaluation…
7.2
CVSS
5.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Arbitrary code execution vulnerability in Kentico 9 through 11 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary operating system commands in a dynamic .NET code evaluation context via C# code in a "Pages -> Edit -> Template -> Edit template properties -> Layout" box. NOTE: the vendor has responded that there is intended functionality for authorized users to edit and update ascx code layout
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.4% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
XP
Xperience · Kentico
9.0 through 11.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7046
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7046
Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/541790/100/0/threaded
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