THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-16974
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2018-16974

Elefant vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.6%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
An issue was discovered in Elefant CMS before 2.0.7. There is a PHP Code Execution Vulnerability in apps/filemanager/upload/drop.php by using /filemanager/api/rm/.htaccess to remove the .htaccess file, and then using a filename that ends in .php followed by space characters (for bypassing the blacklist).
Affected vendor
Elefantcms
Affected product
Elefant
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Published
2018-09-12

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-16974

  • Confirm whether Elefantcms Elefant is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-16974.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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