Critical severity · published Jun 27, 2018
CVE-2018-12914
A remote code execution issue was discovered in PublicCMS V4.0.20180210
9.8
CVSS
3.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A remote code execution issue was discovered in PublicCMS V4.0.20180210. An attacker can upload a ZIP archive that contains a .jsp file with a directory traversal pathname. After an unzip operation, the attacker can execute arbitrary code by visiting a .jsp URI.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.9% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PU
Publiccms · Publiccms
4.0.20180210 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12914
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12914
Exploit
https://github.com/sanluan/PublicCMS/issues/13
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