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CVE-2026-115481

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Description

baserCMS is a website development framework. Starting in version 5.0.0-beta1 and prior to versions 5.3.2 and 5.4.2, `PermissionGroupsService::build()` reads a plugin's `config/permission.php` to decide what each user group may reach. When that file is absent it writes a wildcard allow rule instead: `url` `/baser/<prefix>/<plugin>/*`, `method` `*`, `auth` true, for every non-admin group. BcCustomContent has no such file in any release. After an administrator installs it, the default `operators` group can store and execute arbitrary PHP under the document root. Versions 5.3.2 and 5.4.2 patch the issue.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.5 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-23 14:17:52.307000
Last modified
2026-10-23 16:28:32.357000
View original CVE JSON
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  "published": "2026-10-23T14:17:52.307",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-23T16:28:32.357",
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    }
  ],
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      "url": "https://github.com/baserproject/basercms/commit/2ed19c878add5c26fc765572e0e77173c1f1fdb5",
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      "url": "https://github.com/baserproject/basercms/commit/b0ef31b10dc6267b48ebc9a80d34bc7c4c09c311",
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      "url": "https://github.com/baserproject/basercms/releases/tag/5.3.2",
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