What is CVE-2018-16437?

CVE-2018-16437 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gxlcms, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2018-09-05.

How severe is CVE-2018-16437?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Gxlcms

CVE-2018-16437

Gxlcms 2.0 before bug fix 20180915 has Directory Traversal exploitable by an administrator.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2018-09-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.3% 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

Gxlcms — versions 2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

bbs.gxlcms.com/forum.php (Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)
www.ttk7.cn/post-78.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16437?: CVE-2018-16437 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gxlcms, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2018-09-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-16437?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.