What is CVE-2018-17037?

CVE-2018-17037 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ucms Project, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-09-14.

How severe is CVE-2018-17037?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ucms Project

CVE-2018-17037

user/editpost.php in UCMS 1.4.6 mishandles levels, which allows escalation from the normal user level of 1 to the superuser level of 3.

Published 2018-09-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (60.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 60.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ucms Project — versions 1.4.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

github.com/blackstar24/UCMS/blob/master/level.md (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17037?: CVE-2018-17037 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ucms Project, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-09-14.
How severe is CVE-2018-17037?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.