Spip
CVE-2024-8517
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling File name/path control
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| Impact | CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the critical-severity affected system. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
SPIP before 4.3.2, 4.2.16, and 4.1.18 is vulnerable to a command injection issue. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
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.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-73. SPIP before 4.3.2, 4.2.16, and 4.1.18 is vulnerable to a command injection issue. A remote and unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary operating system commands by sending a crafted multipart file upload HTTP request. Affected products include: Spip. Version information: before 4.3.2.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
SPIP before 4.3.2, 4.2.16, and 4.1.18 is vulnerable to a command injection issue. A remote and unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary operating system commands by sending a crafted multipart file upload HTTP request.
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Attack Technique
OS command injection occurs when an application passes unsanitized user input directly into system shell commands.
Malicious file upload attacks exploit insufficient validation when web applications accept user-provided files.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
The Saisies plugin for SPIP CMS versions 5.4.0 through 5.11.0 contains a critical remote code execution vulnerability. A
The Security Screen (_core_/securite/ecran_securite.php) before 1.1.8 for SPIP, as used in SPIP 3.0.x before 3.0.12, all
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in valider_xml.php in SPIP 3.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject
Directory traversal vulnerability in ecrire/exec/valider_xml.php in SPIP 3.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to en
The SPIP template composer/compiler in SPIP 3.1.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP
Remote code execution in SPIP before 4.4.20 allows unauthenticated attackers to run arbitrary PHP on the server by explo
SPIP before 4.2.1 allows Remote Code Execution via form values in the public area because serialization is mishandled. R
Remote code execution in SPIP CMS versions prior to 4.4.21 lets unauthenticated attackers run arbitrary PHP/OS commands
SPIP 3.0.x before 3.0.9, 2.1.x before 2.1.22, and 2.0.x before 2.0.23 allows remote attackers to gain privileges and "ta
Unauthenticated SQL injection in SPIP referer_spam plugin before 1.3.0 via the referrer tracking functionality. PoC and
SPIP v4.1.5 and earlier was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the _oups parameter. Rated critical
Remote code execution in the SPIP CMS (all versions before 4.4.18) lets attackers holding a valid nonce inject rows into
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