What is CVE-2018-20300?

CVE-2018-20300 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Phome Empirecms, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-12-20.

How severe is CVE-2018-20300?

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

RCE in Phome Empirecms

CVE-2018-20300

Empire CMS 7.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the ftemp parameter in an enews=EditMemberForm action because this code is injected into a memberform.$fid.php file.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.016 (72.4th 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-94 — Code Injection

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20300?: CVE-2018-20300 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Phome Empirecms, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-12-20.
How severe is CVE-2018-20300?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.