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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2017-1000454 json

CMS Made Simple 2.1.6, 2.2, 2.2.1 are vulnerable to Smarty Template Injection in some core components, resulting in local file read before…

published 2018-01-02 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-1581

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 56%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

CMS Made Simple 2.1.6, 2.2, 2.2.1 are vulnerable to Smarty Template Injection in some core components, resulting in local file read before 2.2, and local file inclusion since 2.2.1

Patch / fix

  • cmsmadesimple cms_made_simple 2.2

Exploit prediction

0.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.