VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-18485

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.84%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-10-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Description

An issue was discovered in PHPSHE 1.7. admin.php?mod=db&act=del allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the dbname parameter. This can be leveraged to reload the product by deleting install.lock.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Primary references