High severity · published Sep 21, 2018
CVE-2018-16784
DedeCMS 5.7 SP2 allows XML injection, and resultant remote code execution, via a "<file type='file' name='../" substring
7.2
CVSS
2.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
DedeCMS 5.7 SP2 allows XML injection, and resultant remote code execution, via a "<file type='file' name='../" substring.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.3% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DE
Dedecms · Dedecms
5.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16784
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16784
Exploit
https://github.com/ky-j/dedecms/issues/3
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