What is CVE-2020-18178?

CVE-2020-18178 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Hongcms Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-05-18.

How severe is CVE-2020-18178?

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

Path Traversal in Hongcms Project

CVE-2020-18178

Path Traversal in HongCMS v4.0.0 allows remote attackers to view, edit, and delete arbitrary files via a crafted POST request to the component "/hcms/admin/index.php/language/ajax."

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.017 (75.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Hongcms_project Hongcms — versions 4.0.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-18178?: CVE-2020-18178 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Hongcms Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-05-18.
How severe is CVE-2020-18178?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.