Description

Improper neutralization of special elements used in a template engine vulnerability in Arma Digital Media Inc. Website Template allows Code Injection. This issue affects Website Template: through 11092026. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

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  "score": "4.3",
  "pubDate": "2026-09-11T18:17:00.497Z",
  "pubdate": "2026-09-11T18:17:00.497Z",
  "executiveSummary": "Arma Digital Media Inc. Website Template is susceptible to a code injection vulnerability arising from the improper neutralization of special elements within its template engine.\nThis vulnerability allows unauthorized actors to inject and execute arbitrary code within the application environment.\nAffected versions include all iterations of Website Template through 11092026.\nThe risk is critical as successful exploitation may result in full system compromise, unauthorized data access, and potential persistence mechanisms established by an attacker.\nThe vulnerability stems from the application's failure to properly sanitize user-supplied input before it is processed by the template engine, permitting the execution of unintended commands or malicious scripts.\nExploitation does not inherently require complex authentication, depending on the specific implementation, and the vendor has remained unresponsive to disclosure attempts, leaving users without an official patch.",
  "technicalDetails": "The vulnerability is rooted in the improper neutralization of special elements handled by the template engine, which constitutes an injection-class flaw. In the context of template engines, the engine parses templates and renders dynamic content; when special characters or directives—such as delimiters or expression language syntax—are not properly sanitized, an attacker can supply malicious payloads that the engine interprets as executable instructions rather than passive text.\nThe attack flow initiates when an attacker crafts a malicious input string designed to break out of the intended template data context. By injecting template-specific syntax (e.g., variable expressions, logic blocks, or system-level function calls), the attacker forces the template engine to execute unauthorized code with the privileges of the web application process. Because the template engine acts as a pre-processor for the application's view layer, the injected code is typically executed server-side, granting the attacker control over the application's execution flow.\nAffected component: Website Template (through version 11092026). The vulnerability is likely triggered during the rendering phase, where user-supplied parameters are mapped to template variables without adequate escaping or contextual encoding. If the template engine employs features like 'sandbox escaping' or has access to global objects, the attacker can leverage these to escape the restricted environment, potentially invoking system-level functions or external processes.\nPost-exploitation impact includes the execution of arbitrary commands on the underlying server (Remote Code Execution), which can lead to complete server compromise, lateral movement within the network, sensitive data exfiltration (including configuration files, environment variables, and database credentials), and the ability to modify or delete files on the server.\nNetwork exposure is high, as the injection point is often reachable via standard web requests. The severity is exacerbated by the lack of vendor response, which precludes the immediate availability of official security patches or vendor-validated remediation steps, necessitating proactive manual intervention by administrators to secure the affected infrastructure."
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