A vulnerability was found in CMS Made Simple up to 2.2.22. This impacts the function _copyFilesToFolder in the library modules/UserGuide/lib/class.UserGuideImporterExporter.php of the component UserGuide Module XML Import. The manipulation results in path traversal. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. This issue has been reported early to the project. They confirmed, that "this has already been discovered and fixed for the next release."

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Multiple

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
n/a CMS Made Simple affected
Version Status Constraints
2.2.0 affected —
2.2.1 affected —
2.2.2 affected —
2.2.3 affected —
2.2.4 affected —
2.2.5 affected —
2.2.6 affected —
2.2.7 affected —
2.2.8 affected —
2.2.9 affected —
2.2.10 affected —
2.2.11 affected —
2.2.12 affected —
2.2.13 affected —
2.2.14 affected —
2.2.15 affected —
2.2.16 affected —
2.2.17 affected —
2.2.18 affected —
2.2.19 affected —
2.2.20 affected —
2.2.21 affected —
2.2.22 affected —

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Solution

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Workaround

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References
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https://drive.proton.me/urls/Q0JHZ339BW#X9P2G3Guwvwa cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/772855 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/354331 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/354331/cti cve-icon cve-icon
History

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability was found in CMS Made Simple up to 2.2.22. This impacts the function _copyFilesToFolder in the library modules/UserGuide/lib/class.UserGuideImporterExporter.php of the component UserGuide Module XML Import. The manipulation results in path traversal. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. This issue has been reported early to the project. They confirmed, that "this has already been discovered and fixed for the next release."
Title CMS Made Simple UserGuide Module XML Import class.UserGuideImporterExporter.php _copyFilesToFolder path traversal
First Time appeared Cms Made Simple
Cms Made Simple cms Made Simple
Weaknesses CWE-22
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:cms_made_simple:cms_made_simple:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Cms Made Simple
Cms Made Simple cms Made Simple
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 5.8, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 4.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-31T17:35:35.625Z

Reserved: 2026-03-31T08:40:14.589Z

Link: CVE-2026-5203

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-31T16:16:35.723

Modified: 2026-03-31T16:16:35.723

Link: CVE-2026-5203

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Weaknesses