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CVE-2018-18888: Laravelcms Project: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE-2018-18888 is rated critical with a CVSS v3.0 base score of 9.8 and affects Laravelcms Project. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication, without any user interaction. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.
Vulnerability description
An issue was discovered in laravelCMS through 2018-04-02. \app\Http\Controllers\Backend\ProfileController.php allows upload of arbitrary PHP files because the file extension is not properly checked and uploaded files are not properly renamed.
Severity breakdown
CVSS v3.0 9.8: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network, with no need for local or physical access.
- Attack complexity: Low. No special conditions; the attack can be repeated reliably.
- Privileges required: None. No account or prior access is needed.
- User interaction: None. No action from any user is needed.
- Scope: Unchanged. Impact stays within the vulnerable component.
- Confidentiality impact: High. Total loss of confidentiality; sensitive data can be fully disclosed.
- Integrity impact: High. Total loss of integrity; data or system state can be fully modified.
- Availability impact: High. Total loss of availability; the component can be shut down.
Underlying weakness
CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
The product allows the upload or transfer of dangerous file types that are automatically processed within its environment.
Affected products
- Laravelcms Project: up to and including 2018-04-02