THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-19127
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2018-19127

Phpcms vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
20.8%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
A code injection vulnerability in /type.php in PHPCMS 2008 allows attackers to write arbitrary content to a website cache file with a controllable filename, leading to arbitrary code execution. The PHP code is sent via the template parameter, and is written to a data/cache_template/*.tpl.php file along with a "<?php function " substring.
Affected vendor
Phpcms
Affected product
Phpcms
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2018-11-09

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 20.8% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-19127

  • Confirm whether Phpcms Phpcms is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-19127.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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