# CVE-2022-37299: Shirne CMS - LFI

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2022-37299 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2022-37299

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 6.5
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** Shirne Cms Project Shirne CMS
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))
- **Tags:** cms

## Description

An issue was discovered in Shirne CMS 1.2.0. There is a Path Traversal vulnerability which could cause arbitrary file read via /static/ueditor/php/controller.php

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2022-37299](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2022-37299) is a vulnerability in Shirne CMS that allows attackers to perform path traversal and read arbitrary files by abusing a specific endpoint within the application.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 16th of May 2024.

According to CrowdSec data, while opportunistic exploitation dominates, a portion of threat actors trying to exploit CVE-2022-37299 apply basic targeting methods such as port or service detection. This indicates emerging patterns of selective targeting.
Telemetry from the CrowdSec network also shows that exploitation activity for CVE-2022-37299 remains steady week-over-week. Attack volumes are consistent with long-term trends, indicating sustained interest from threat actors. CVE-2022-37299 continues to be an active part of the threat landscape and will likely remain this way for the forseeable future.

Exploitation attempts typically involve requests to URLs containing `/static/ueditor/php/controller.php`.

## Timeline

- 2022-09-09: CVE Published. CVE-2022-37299 is published to NVD.
- 2024-05-16: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2022-37299 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2024-11-23: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2022-37299 for the first time.

## References

- https://gitee.com/shirnecn/ShirneCMS/issues/I5JRHJ?from=project-issue
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-37299.yaml

## Live exploitation data

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