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Public proof of concept

CVE-2023-43154

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2023-09-27
  • WeaknessCWE-843

Am I affected?

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Description

In Macrob7 Macs Framework Content Management System (CMS) 1.1.4f, loose comparison in "isValidLogin()" function during login attempt results in PHP type confusion vulnerability that leads to authentication bypass and takeover of the administrator account.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-09-2715:19CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2026-10-2319:23First public proof of conceptPoC-in-GitHub

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-43154?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-43154?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD
Macs cms project macs cms
BranchAffectedFixed in
1.1= 1.1.4fno fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

read 2026-10-23 19:23 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
1 repository, unverifiedally-petitt/CVE-2023-43154-PoC
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2023-09-27
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-43154?

In Macrob7 Macs Framework Content Management System (CMS) 1.1.4f, loose comparison in "isValidLogin()" function during login attempt results in PHP type confusion vulnerability that leads to authentication bypass and takeover of the administrator account.

Is CVE-2023-43154 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2023-43154, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-43154?

CVE-2023-43154 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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