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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2023-31689

In Wcms 0.3.2, an attacker can send a crafted request from a vulnerable web application backend server /wcms/wex/html.php via the finish parameter and the textAreaCode parameter. It can write arbitrary strings into custom file names and upload any files, and write malicious code to execute scripts to trigger command execution.

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4 Nov 2026, 02:57 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2023-31689

core-osv · Original source

Published 22 May 2023, 00:00 UTC

In Wcms 0.3.2, an attacker can send a crafted request from a vulnerable web application backend server /wcms/wex/html.php via the finish parameter and the textAreaCode parameter. It can write arbitrary strings into custom file names and upload any files, and write malicious code to execute scripts to trigger command execution.

osv:CVE-2023-31689
Complete source record
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