Contao affected by remote command execution through file upload
### Impact Back end users with access to the file manager can upload malicious files and execute them on the server. ### Patches Update to Contao 4.13.49, 5.3.15 or 5.4.3. ### Workarounds Configure your web server so it does not execute PHP files and other scripts in the Contao file upload directory. ### References https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/remote-command-execution-through-file-uploads ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, open an issue in [contao/contao](https://github.com/contao/contao/issues/new/choose). ### Credits Thanks to Jakob Steeg from usd AG for reporting this vulnerability.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-45398US | high8.8 | — | ||
Contao is an Open Source CMS. In affected versions a back end user with access to the file manager can upload malicious files and execute them on the server. Users are advised to u… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/remote-command-execution-through-file-uploadsWEB
- https://github.com/contao/contaoPACKAGE
- https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/9445d509f12a7f1b68a4794dcc5e3e459b363ebbWEB
- https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/a7e39f96ac8fdc281f7caaa96e01deb0e24ac7d3WEB
- https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/f3db59ffe5a6c0e1f705b3230ebd5ff16865280eWEB
- https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-vm6r-j788-hjh5WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45398ADVISORY
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