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

Published 2018-01-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.025 (83.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 83.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

www.rastating.com/minecraft-servers-list-unauthenticated-shell-upload/ (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, 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.