CVE-2021-40961
CMS Made Simple <=2.2.15 is affected by SQL injection in modules/News/function.admin_articlestab...
CMS Made Simple <=2.2.15 is affected by SQL injection in modules/News/function.admin_articlestab.php. The $sortby variable is concatenated with $query1, but it is possible to inject arbitrary SQL language without using the '.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
CMS Made Simple <=2.2.15 is affected by SQL injection in modules/News/function.admin_articlestab.php. The $sortby variable is concatenated with $query1, but it is possible to inject arbitrary SQL language without using the '.
- Record
CVE-2021-40961- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
CMS Made Simple <=2.2.15 is affected by SQL injection in modules/News/function.admin_articlestab.php. The $sortby variable is concatenated with $query1, but it is possible to inject arbitrary SQL language without using the '.
- Record
CVE-2021-40961- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-28115 No score
CMS Made Simple <=2.2.15 is affected by SQL injection in modules/News/function.admin_articlestab.php. The $sortby variable is concatenated with $query1, but it is possible to inject arbitrary SQL language without using the '.
- Record
EUVD-2021-28115- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vwqp-gjpc-g89c
CMS Made Simple <=2.2.15 is affected by SQL injection in modules/News/function.admin_articlestab...
CMS Made Simple <=2.2.15 is affected by SQL injection in modules/News/function.admin_articlestab.php. The $sortby variable is concatenated with $query1, but it is possible to inject arbitrary SQL language without using the '.
- Record
GHSA-vwqp-gjpc-g89c- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-40961 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple, published June 9, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.79%, the 78th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Mar/49
github.com/beerpwn/CVE/blob/master/cms_made_simple_2021/sqli_order_by/CMS-MS-SQLi-report.md
packetstormsecurity.com/files/161895/CMS-Made-Simple-2.2.15-SQL-Injection.html
soteritsecurity.com/blog/2023/01/CMS-Made-Simple_CVE-2021-40961.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40961