CVE-2026-27599 PUBLISHED

CI4MS: System Settings (Mail Settings) Full Platform Compromise & Full Account Takeover for All-Roles & Privilege-Escalation via Stored DOM XSS

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 20.02.2026 Published: 30.03.2026 Updated: 30.03.2026

CI4MS is a CodeIgniter 4-based CMS skeleton that delivers a production-ready, modular architecture with RBAC authorization and theme support. Prior to version 0.31.0.0, the application fails to properly sanitize user-controlled input within System Settings – Mail Settings. Several configuration fields, including Mail Server, Mail Port, Email Address, Email Password, Mail Protocol, and TLS settings, accept attacker-controlled input that is stored server-side and later rendered without proper output encoding. This issue has been patched in version 0.31.0.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS Score: 4.7

Product Status

Vendor ci4-cms-erp
Product ci4ms
Versions
  • Version < 0.31.0.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE