Unauthenticated command execution via session-file overwrite
Published Jan 27, 2026 · Updated Jan 27, 2026
Remote code execution in Gila CMS before 2.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute system commands through crafted HTTP requests. The admin route uses a traversal value in the GSESSIONID cookie as a session path and writes a PHP-bearing User-Agent into index.php. No credentials or interaction are required; loading the modified index file runs shell_exec with web-server privileges.
Summary
What happened
Remote code execution in Gila CMS before 2.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute system commands through crafted HTTP requests. The admin route uses a traversal value in the GSESSIONID cookie as a session path and writes a PHP-bearing User-Agent into index.php. No credentials or interaction are required; loading the modified index file runs shell_exec with web-server privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-47900
- Published
- Jan 27, 2026
- Updated
- Jan 27, 2026
- Vendor
- Gila CMS
- Product
- Gila CMS
- Classifications
- CWE-98, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 27, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 27, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Is a vulnerable build present?
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2.0.0
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What is affected?
Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Gila CMS 2.0.0 - Remote Code Execution (Unauthenticated)proof of concept · unverified
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