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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: 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 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.

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31 Oct 2026, 09:59 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-9442

core-osv · Original source

Published 5 Jun 2017, 19:29 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2017-9442
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-9442",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-9442",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-9442",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "9f8ecb0a5d9a575353ec8db26fc9d8c233c1fcdb"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                    "range": [
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                        "last_affected": "4.2.18"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "4.2.16",
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            "4.2.14",
            "4.2.13",
            "4.2.12",
            "4.2.11",
            "4.2.10",
            "4.2.9",
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            "v4.0b1"
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          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:35.765911774Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/bigtreecms/BigTree-CMS/issues/291"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-9442",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380595,
  "published_at": "2017-06-05T19:29:00.26+00:00"
}