CVE-2026-21861 (GCVE-0-2026-21861)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-03-31 00:43
Modified
2026-03-31 14:01
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Summary
baserCMS is a website development framework. Prior to version 5.2.3, baserCMS contains an OS command injection vulnerability in the core update functionality. An authenticated administrator can execute arbitrary OS commands on the server due to improper handling of user-controlled input that is directly passed to exec() without sufficient validation or escaping. This issue has been patched in version 5.2.3.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
baserproject basercms Version: < 5.2.3
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