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Critical

eZ Publish Kernel and Legacy Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

  • Disclosed: 24.05.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

eZ Publish Kernel before 5.4.14.1, 6.x before 6.13.6.2, and 7.x before 7.5.6.2 and eZ Publish Legacy before 5.4.14.1, 2017 before 2017.12.7.2, and 2019 before 2019.03.4.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading PHP code, unless the vhost configuration permits only app.php execution.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package ezsystems/ezpublish-kernel < 5.4.14.1, >= 6.0, < 6.13.6.2, >= 7.0, < 7.5.6.2 5.4.14.1, 6.13.6.2, 7.5.6.2
Composer package ezsystems/ezpublish-legacy < 5.4.14.1, >= 2017, < 2017.12.7.2, >= 2019, < 2019.03.4.2 5.4.14.1, 2017.12.7.2, 2019.03.4.2

References

CVSS score 9.8/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
-
Platform
Composer
Package
ezsystems/ezpublish-kernel, ezsystems/ezpublish-legacy
Disclosed
24.05.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-54p5-gxq6-j98g - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: ezsystems/ezpublish-legacy

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (11) in the archive
Total entries
11
First → latest
09.2021 05.2026
Without a fix
1
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 1
  • High 6
  • Medium 4

Disclosures per year

Severity:
  1. ezsystems/ezpublish-legacy has a SQL injection in dfscleanup
    High · 7.1 CVE-2026-38739 = 2019.03 no fix
  2. EZsystems Remote code execution in file uploads
    High ghsa-9895-26wr-4fgv >= 2019.3.0, < 2019.3.4.2, >= 2017.12.0, < 2017.12.7.2, >= 5.4.0, < 5.4.14.1 2019.3.4.2, 2017.12.7.2, 5.4.14.1
  3. eZ Publish Legacy Passwordless login for LDAP users
    High ghsa-p9mp-vq4v-v5m5 >= 2018.9.0, < 2018.9.1.1, >= 2018.6.0, < 2018.6.1.2, >= 2011.0.0, < 2017.12.4.1, >= 5.4.0, < 5.4.12.1, >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.12.4 2018.9.1.1, 2018.6.1.2, 2017.12.4.1, 5.4.12.1, 5.3.12.4
  4. eZ Publish Legacy Patch EZSA-2018-001 for Several vulnerabilities
    High ghsa-82rv-45pc-v28w >= 2011.0.0, < 2017.12.2.1, >= 5.4.0, < 5.4.11.3, >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.12.3 2017.12.2.1, 5.4.11.3, 5.3.12.3
  5. eZ Publish Information disclosure in backend content tree menu
    High ghsa-cc2j-92jq-wgjg >= 2011.0.0, < 2017.8.1.1, >= 5.4.0, < 5.4.10.1, >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.12.2 2017.8.1.1, 5.4.10.1, 5.3.12.2
  6. eZ Publish Kernel and Legacy Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type this entry
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2020-10806 < 5.4.14.1, >= 2017, < 2017.12.7.2, >= 2019, < 2019.03.4.2 5.4.14.1, 2017.12.7.2, 2019.03.4.2
  7. Content object state fetch functions open to SQL injection
    High ghsa-jpwx-ffjq-wr4w >= 2018.06.0, < 2019.03.6.1, < 2017.12.7.4 2019.03.6.1, 2017.12.7.4

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