High severity · published Feb 26, 2018
CVE-2018-7490
uWSGI before 2.0.17 mishandles a DOCUMENT_ROOT check during use of the --php-docroot option, allowing directory traversal
7.5
CVSS
69.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
uWSGI before 2.0.17 mishandles a DOCUMENT_ROOT check during use of the --php-docroot option, allowing directory traversal.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)69.4% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
UW
Uwsgi · Unbit
before 2.0.17 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7490
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7490
Vendor Advisory
https://uwsgi-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Changelog-2.0.17.html
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4142
Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44223/
More from Debian Linux
10.0
CVE-2025-32433
Erlang/OTP SSH Vulnerable to Pre-Authentication RCE
10.0
CVE-2025-24201
Apple Multiple Products WebKit Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
10.0
CVE-2021-44228
Apache Log4j2 JNDI features do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints
10.0
CVE-2015-3306
ProFTPD Improper Access Control Vulnerability
9.8
CVE-2026-111497
Out-of-Bounds Write in Google Brotli Decoder