CVE-2026-55695

critical

Description

FearlessCMS is a flat-file content management system centered on simplicity and open source. In 0.1.2b and earlier, an authenticated administrator can set an arbitrary Git repository URL through admin/updater-handler.php and trigger perform_update, which passes the URL to update.sh. The updater clones the repository and replaces the live plugins/, admin/, and includes/ directories without verifying the repository's identity, signatures, or contents. Because router.php permits existing PHP files under plugins to be executed by the PHP development server, attacker-supplied update content can execute arbitrary PHP with the web server process's privileges and persist as a backdoor. This issue is fixed in version 0.1.3b.

References

https://github.com/fearlessgeekmedia/FearlessCMS/security/advisories/GHSA-56wm-3q3v-m93m

https://github.com/fearlessgeekmedia/FearlessCMS/releases/tag/0.1.3

https://github.com/fearlessgeekmedia/FearlessCMS/pull/64

https://github.com/fearlessgeekmedia/FearlessCMS/commit/6dba91d496463e3940a2c917af3cae97b191de92

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-98836

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-13

Updated: 2026-10-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical