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FKIE_CVE-2021-47900

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-01-27 16:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:18

Severity

9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

Gila CMS versions prior to 2.0.0 contain a remote code execution vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary system commands through manipulated HTTP headers. Attackers can inject PHP code in the User-Agent header with shell_exec() to run system commands by sending crafted requests to the admin endpoint.

References

	URL	Tags
	disclosure@vulncheck.com	https://gilacms.com/
	disclosure@vulncheck.com	https://github.com/GilaCMS/gila
	disclosure@vulncheck.com	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49412
	disclosure@vulncheck.com	https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gila-cms-remote-code-execution

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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CVE-2021-47900 (GCVE-0-2021-47900)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-27 15:23 – Updated: 2026-03-05 01:29

Title

Gila CMS < 2.0.0 - Remote Code Execution

Summary

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-01-27 15:50 UTC

CWE

CWE-98 - Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')

Assigner

VulnCheck mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49412	exploit
https://gilacms.com/	product
https://github.com/GilaCMS/gila	product
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gila-cms-rem…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Gila CMS	Gila CMS	Affected: 0 , < 2.0.0 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:gilacms:gila_cms::::::::

Date Public

2021-12-01 00:00

Credits

Enesdex

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