What is CVE-2018-12914?

CVE-2018-12914 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Publiccms, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-27.

How severe is CVE-2018-12914?

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

Arbitrary file upload in Publiccms

CVE-2018-12914

A remote code execution issue was discovered in PublicCMS V4.0.20180210. An attacker can upload a ZIP archive that contains a .jsp file with a directory traversal pathname. After an unzip operation, the attacker can execute arbitrary code by visiting a .jsp URI.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.039 (89.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Publiccms — versions 4.0.20180210
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12914?: CVE-2018-12914 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Publiccms, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-27.
How severe is CVE-2018-12914?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.