CVE-2014-8790

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Published 2015-01-20 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.0

Description

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in admin/api.php in GetSimple CMS 3.1.1 through 3.3.x before 3.3.5 Beta 1, when in certain configurations, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the data parameter.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
cagintranetworks	getsimple_cms	`3.3.3`
cagintranetworks	getsimple_cms	`3.3.4`
get-simple	getsimple_cms	`3.1.1`
get-simple	getsimple_cms	`3.1.2`
get-simple	getsimple_cms	`3.2`
get-simple	getsimple_cms	`3.2.1`
get-simple	getsimple_cms	`3.2.2`
get-simple	getsimple_cms	`3.2.3`
get-simple	getsimple_cms	`3.3.0`
get-simple	getsimple_cms	`3.3.1`
get-simple	getsimple_cms	`3.3.2`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.