What is CVE-2018-17139?

CVE-2018-17139 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ultimatefosters Ultimatepos, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-09-17.

How severe is CVE-2018-17139?

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

Arbitrary file upload in Ultimatefosters Ultimatepos

CVE-2018-17139

UltimatePOS 2.5 allows users to upload arbitrary files, which leads to remote command execution by posting to a /products URI with PHP code in a .php file with the image/jpeg content type.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.031 (86.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Ultimatefosters Ultimatepos — versions 2.5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17139?: CVE-2018-17139 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ultimatefosters Ultimatepos, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-09-17.
How severe is CVE-2018-17139?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.