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CVE-2018-12493 json

An issue was discovered in PublicCMS V4.0.20180210.

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-4463

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in PublicCMS V4.0.20180210. There is a "Directory Traversal" and "Arbitrary file read" vulnerability via an admin/cmsWebFile/list.html?path=../ URI.

Patch / fix

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Exploit prediction

1.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/sanluan/PublicCMS/issues/12 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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