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high 8.8

CVE-2018-17139 json

UltimatePOS 2.5 allows users to upload arbitrary files, which leads to remote command execution by posting to a /products URI with PHP code…

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-8917

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

UltimatePOS 2.5 allows users to upload arbitrary files, which leads to remote command execution by posting to a /products URI with PHP code in a .php file with the image/jpeg content type.

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Exploit prediction

3.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • exploit-db.com https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45253/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

Sources

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