What is CVE-2018-8965?

CVE-2018-8965 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zzcms, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-03-24.

How severe is CVE-2018-8965?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-8965 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Zzcms

CVE-2018-8965

An issue was discovered in zzcms 8.2. user/ppsave.php allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the oldimg parameter in an action=modify request. This can be leveraged for database access by deleting install.lock.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.026 (83.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Zzcms — versions 8.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-8965?: CVE-2018-8965 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zzcms, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-03-24.
How severe is CVE-2018-8965?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-8965 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.