Vulnerability Assessment
| Impact | CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. EPSS exploitation probability: 25.28%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the high-severity affected system. |
Get an e-mail when this CVE is exploited, patched or re-scored. Free account.
Alert meAnalysisAI
Bolt CMS contains a vulnerability in version 5.1.12 and below that allows an authenticated user with the ROLE_EDITOR privileges to upload and rename a malicious file to achieve remote code execution. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 25.3%.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
Affects your stack
Find out whether the stacks and servers you run are on an affected version.
Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.
Technical ContextAI · show details
Bolt CMS contains a vulnerability in version 5.1.12 and below that allows an authenticated user with the ROLE_EDITOR privileges to upload and rename a malicious file to achieve remote code execution. Affected products include: Bolt Bolt Cms. Version information: version 5.1.12.
Know when Bolt gets its next vulnerability
- Watch products and get an email when something new is published
- Check this CVE against your own stack and servers
- Exploit and PoC references, threat intelligence from 22 sources
No credit card · 7-day full trial
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Bolt CMS contains a vulnerability in version 5.1.12 and below that allows an authenticated user with the ROLE_EDITOR privileges to upload and rename a malicious file to achieve remote code execution.
Threat Intelligence Overview
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
VulDB
How this decision was reached
The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.
What every action level means
SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
The theme editor in Bolt before 2.2.5 does not check the file extension when renaming files, which allows remote authent
Authenticated remote code execution in Bolt CMS 3.7.0 and earlier lets any holder of a valid backend account chain an un
Bolt CMS <= 4.2 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely e
Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in the bolt/upload File Upload feature in Bolt CMS 3.6.6 allows remote attackers to ex
Controller/Async/FilesystemManager.php in the filemanager in Bolt before 3.6.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitr
In Bolt CMS before version 3.7.1, the filename of uploaded files was vulnerable to stored XSS. Rated medium severity (CV
Bolt 3.6.4 has XSS via the slug, teaser, or title parameter to editcontent/pages, a related issue to CVE-2017-11128 and
Bolt 3.7.0, if Symfony Web Profiler is used, allows XSS because unsanitized search?search= input is shown on the _profil
Bolt CMS <3.6.2 allows XSS via text input click preview button as demonstrated by the Title field of a Configured and Ne
In Puppet Bolt versions prior to 3.27.4, a path to escalate privileges was identified. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8
Bolt CMS 3.2.14 allows stored XSS via text input, as demonstrated by the Title field of a New Entry. Rated medium severi
Bolt CMS 3.2.14 allows stored XSS by uploading an SVG document with a "Content-Type: image/svg+xml" header. Rated medium
GitHub PoC
Exploit-DB