CVE-2023-25828

Authenticate Remote Code Execution in Pluck CMS

HIGH
7.2
CVSS Score
Published: March 27, 2023 at 04:35 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:42 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPluck

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Severity
HIGH7.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Pluck CMS is vulnerable to an authenticated remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability through its “albums” module. Albums are used to create collections of images that can be inserted into web pages across the site. Albums allow the upload of various filetypes, which undergo a normalization process before being available on the site. Due to lack of file extension validation, it is possible to upload a crafted JPEG payload containing an embedded PHP web-shell. An attacker may navigate to it directly to achieve RCE on the underlying web server. Administrator credentials for the Pluck CMS web interface are required to access the albums module feature, and are thus required to exploit this vulnerability. CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C (8.2 High)

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 4.7.164.7 ≤ v ≤ 4.7.16-dev44.74.7.16 dev14.7.16 dev24.7.16 dev34.7.16 dev4
Affected range stops below 4.7.16, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.2HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-434

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