🛡️ CVE-2024-57548 — cmsimple

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-57548 is classified as CWE-276: Incorrect Default Permissions. Files or resources are created with permissions that are broader than they need to be.

Affected software

CVE-2024-57548 is recorded against 1 package.

• cmsimple

Timeline and source

Published on 27 January 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Other advisories for this package

cmsimple has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2024-58280 (8.8 High, published 10 Dec 2025)
• CVE-2024-57549 (7.5 High, published 27 Jan 2025)
• CVE-2024-57547 (7.5 High, published 27 Jan 2025)
• CVE-2024-57546 (7.5 High, published 27 Jan 2025)
• CVE-2024-33423 (7.4 High, published 1 May 2024)
• CVE-2024-33424 (6.1 Medium, published 1 May 2024)
• CVE-2024-32392 (4.5 Medium, published 19 Apr 2024)
• CVE-2024-32345 (7.2 High, published 17 Apr 2024)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-276: Incorrect Default Permissions) in other software:

• CVE-2026-53657 (8.2 High, published 14 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-48790 (5.5 Medium, published 11 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-21074 (published 10 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-4793 (7.3 High, published 3 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-39875 (7.8 High, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-39874 (7.8 High, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-16247 (7.3 High, published 20 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-16246 (7.3 High, published 20 Jul 2026)

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