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CVE-2017-9442

BigTree CMS through 4.2.18 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a crafted package containing a PHP web…

High8.8EPSS 2.5%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
mitre

Description

BigTree CMS through 4.2.18 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a crafted package containing a PHP web shell, related to extraction of a ZIP archive to filename patterns such as cache/package/xxx/yyy.php. This issue exists in core\admin\modules\developer\extensions\install\unpack.php and core\admin\modules\developer\packages\install\unpack.php. NOTE: the vendor states "You must implicitly trust any package or extension you install as they all have the ability to write PHP files.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By mitre

  2. Published

  3. · 7 years later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2017-9442, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified3.0High8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
2.5% · top 16% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.

Weakness

Affected products

  • n/a

    • affected n/a

References (1)

Sources

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