CVE-2026-23885 is a critical vulnerability affecting Alchemy CMS versions prior to 7.4.12 and 8.0.3, stemming from the unsafe use of the Ruby eval() function in the resource_url_proxy helper. This allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary system commands on the host OS by manipulating the engine_name attribute. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.4 (MEDIUM), indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with high attack complexity and requiring high privileges. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 7.4.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:alchemy-cms:alchemy_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.0.0, < 8.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:alchemy-cms:alchemy_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.