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CVE-2018-11736

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-11736 describes a critical arbitrary PHP code execution vulnerability in Pluck CMS versions prior to 4.7.7-dev2. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to upload and execute malicious PHP code by disguising a .htaccess file as a JPEG image, bypassing security controls. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), exploitation is trivial, requiring no user interaction or privileges, and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a public exploit is available on ExploitDB, indicating potential for active exploitation despite low community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.7.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pluck-cms:pluck:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.7.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pluck-cms:pluck:4.7.7:dev1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-52460 · Dec 8, 2025
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0857 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / pluck-cms/pluck/issues/61
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / pluck-cms/pluck/releases/tag/4.7.7-dev2
Release NotesThird Party Advisory