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critical 9.8

CVE-2018-15601 json

Elefant CMS Improper Input Validation

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-pcf7-5974-vjh4 , EUVD-2022-4741

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

apps/filemanager/handlers/upload/drop.php in Elefant CMS 2.0.3 performs a urldecode step too late in the "Cannot upload executable files" protection mechanism.

Patch / fix

  • packagist elefant/cms 2.0.4

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Exploit prediction

1.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist elefant/cms
<2.0.4
2.0.4

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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