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.
https://github.com/baserproject/basercms/security/advisories/GHSA-8jrp-4h7c-m679
https://github.com/baserproject/basercms/releases/tag/5.4.2
https://github.com/baserproject/basercms/releases/tag/5.3.2
https://github.com/baserproject/basercms/commit/b0ef31b10dc6267b48ebc9a80d34bc7c4c09c311
https://github.com/baserproject/basercms/commit/2ed19c878add5c26fc765572e0e77173c1f1fdb5
Published: 2026-10-23
Updated: 2026-10-23
Base Score: 6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: High
Base Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: High