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CVE-2018-7600 kev+ ransomware in the critical feed json

Drupal Core Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

published 2018-03-28 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also DRUPAL-CORE-2018-002 , GHSA-7fh9-933g-885p , EUVD-2022-2985

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2021-11-03, used in ransomware
epss
100.0%
EPSS 100.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.9%
public exploits
4
Metasploit, Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

Drupal before 7.58, 8.x before 8.3.9, 8.4.x before 8.4.6, and 8.5.x before 8.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because of an issue affecting multiple subsystems with default or common module configurations.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  • packagist drupal/core 7.58, 8.3.9, 8.4.6, 8.5.1
  • packagist drupal/drupal 7.58, 8.3.9, 8.4.6, 8.5.1
  • drupal drupal 8.3.9, 8.4.6, 8.5.1
  • drupal7 Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 7.26-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
  • drupal7 Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 7.44-1ubuntu1~16.04.0+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7600

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • drupal7 Alpine 3.20, Alpine 3.19, Alpine 3.18 +12 more 7.58-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2018-7600

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • drupal Arch Linux 8.5.1-1

arch linux advisories AVG-665

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-7600 updated cvss 9.8

drupal: Unsanitized requests allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/unix/webapp/drupal_drupalgeddon2)
  2. Published
  3. Added to CISA KEV
  4. CISA patch deadline
  5. CISA SSVC: exploitation active

Known exploited

Added
5 y ago
Patch by
2022-05-03 (4 y ago)
Ransomware
Known to be used in ransomware campaigns
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vendor, product
Drupal, Drupal Core
CISA name
Drupal Core Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ATT&CK techniques

How it is exploited and what it leads to, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

  • T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application exploitation
  • T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter primary impact
  • T1485 Data Destruction secondary impact
  • T1496 Resource Hijacking secondary impact

kev release 2025-07-28, att&ck v16.1. KEV to ATT&CK mappings by the MITRE Center for Threat-Informed Defense (Mappings Explorer, Apache-2.0). © 2026 The MITRE Corporation. This work is reproduced and distributed with the permission of The MITRE Corporation. Terms of use

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
21 mo ago

Exploit prediction

99.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/unix/webapp/drupal_drupalgeddon2 Drupal Drupalgeddon 2 Forms API Property Injection metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2018-03-28
  • EDB-44482 Drupal < 8.3.9 / < 8.4.6 / < 8.5.1 - 'Drupalgeddon2' Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) remote, 2018-04-17
  • EDB-44449 Drupal < 7.58 / < 8.3.9 / < 8.4.6 / < 8.5.1 - 'Drupalgeddon2' Remote Code Execution webapps, 2018-04-13
  • EDB-44448 Drupal < 8.3.9 / < 8.4.6 / < 8.5.1 - 'Drupalgeddon2' Remote Code Execution (PoC) webapps, 2018-04-13
  • Nuclei template Drupal - Remote Code Execution nuclei detection template
  • research.checkpoint.com https://research.checkpoint.com/uncovering-drupalgeddon-2/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/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/E:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist drupal/core
>=7.0, <7.58
>=8.0, <8.3.9
>=8.4.0, <8.4.6
>=8.5.0, <8.5.1
>=8.0.0, <8.3.9
7.58
8.3.9
8.4.6
8.5.1
packagist drupal/drupal
>=7.0, <7.58
>=8.0, <8.3.9
>=8.4, <8.4.6
>=8.5, <8.5.1
7.58
8.3.9
8.4.6
8.5.1

Affected products

  • n/a Drupal before 7.58, 8.x before 8.3.9, 8.4.x before 8.4.6, and 8.5.x before 8.5.1

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.