Unauthenticated template expression execution via keyword parameter
Published Aug 1, 2023 · Updated Feb 13, 2025
Server-side template injection in MotoCMS 3.4.3 allows remote attackers to execute template expressions through the keyword parameter. The Store Category search endpoint evaluates keyword input, returning 49 when supplied the expression {{7*7}}. No authentication is required; public evidence demonstrates expression evaluation but does not establish operating-system command execution.
Summary
What happened
Server-side template injection in MotoCMS 3.4.3 allows remote attackers to execute template expressions through the keyword parameter. The Store Category search endpoint evaluates keyword input, returning 49 when supplied the expression {{7*7}}. No authentication is required; public evidence demonstrates expression evaluation but does not establish operating-system command execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-36210
- Published
- Aug 1, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
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- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-74, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 1, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- MotoCMS 3.4.3 Server-Side Template Injection proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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