What is CVE-2018-12531?

CVE-2018-12531 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Metinfo, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-18.

How severe is CVE-2018-12531?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in Metinfo

CVE-2018-12531

An issue was discovered in MetInfo 6.0.0. install\index.php allows remote attackers to write arbitrary PHP code into config_db.php, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-7271.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2018-06-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Metinfo — versions 6.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

github.com/summ3rf/Vulner/blob/master/Metinfo.md (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12531?: CVE-2018-12531 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Metinfo, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-12531?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.