THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-18924
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-18924

Projeqtor vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
9.5%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
The image-upload feature in ProjeQtOr 7.2.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a .shtml file with "#exec cmd" because rejected files remain on the server, with predictable filenames, after a "This file is not a valid image" error message.
Affected vendor
Projeqtor
Affected product
Projeqtor
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2018-11-04

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 9.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-18924

  • Confirm whether Projeqtor Projeqtor is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-18924.
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