What is CVE-2018-5749?

CVE-2018-5749 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Minecraft Servers List Lite Project, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-01-23.

How severe is CVE-2018-5749?

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

Arbitrary file upload in Minecraft Servers List Lite Project

CVE-2018-5749

install.php in Minecraft Servers List Lite before commit c1cd164 and Premium Minecraft Servers List before 2.0.4 does not sanitize input before saving database connection information in connect.php, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the (1) database_server, (2) database_user, (3) database_password, or (4) database_name parameter.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.025 (82.9th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5749?: CVE-2018-5749 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Minecraft Servers List Lite Project, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-01-23.
How severe is CVE-2018-5749?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.