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High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 25, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-16941

CVE-2017-16941

Description

October CMS through 1.0.428 does not prevent use of .htaccess in themes, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code by downloading a theme ZIP archive from /backend/cms/themes, and then uploading and importing a modified archive with two new files: a .php file and a .htaccess file. NOTE: the vendor says "I don't think [an attacker able to login to the system under an account that has access to manage/upload themes] is a threat model that we need to be considering.

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Affected products

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  • Octobercms/October2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:octobercms:october:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:octobercms:october:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.0.428
    • (no CPE)range: <=1.0.428

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