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CMS Made Simple (CMSMS) through 2.2.6 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability from ordinary user to admin user by arranging for the eff_uid value within $_COOKIE[$this->_loginkey] to equal 1, because an SHA-1 cryptographic protection mechanism can be bypassed

Published Apr 13, 2018

Description

CMS Made Simple (CMSMS) through 2.2.6 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability from ordinary user to admin user by arranging for the eff_uid value within $_COOKIE[$this->_loginkey] to equal 1, because an SHA-1 cryptographic protection mechanism can be bypassed.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 13, 2018
Updated Sep 16, 2024
Reserved Apr 13, 2018
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a