What is CVE-2018-18869?

CVE-2018-18869 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Phome Empirecms, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-10-31.

How severe is CVE-2018-18869?

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

Path Traversal in Phome Empirecms

CVE-2018-18869

EmpireCMS V7.5 allows remote attackers to upload and execute arbitrary code via ..%2F directory traversal in a .php filename in the upload/e/admin/ecmscom.php path parameter.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.037 (88.5th 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

Phome Empirecms — versions 7.5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-18869?: CVE-2018-18869 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Phome Empirecms, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-10-31.
How severe is CVE-2018-18869?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.