Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 1, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2012-5231

Description

miniCMS 1.0 and 2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted (1) pagename or (2) area variable containing an executable extension, which is not properly handled by (a) update.php when writing files to content/, or (b) updatenews.php when writing files to content/news/.

Affected products

Jessgramp/Minicms2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:jessgramp:minicms:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:jessgramp:minicms:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:jessgramp:minicms:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/51612nvdExploit
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18410nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72645nvd

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