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."
History

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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'}


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

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-31T17:35:31.428Z

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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