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CVE-2018-12940

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-12940 is an unrestricted file upload vulnerability in SeedDMS (versions prior to 5.1.8) that allows authenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files with executable extensions, leading to remote code execution. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk due to its low attack complexity and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been observed, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 72/100 warrants attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.1.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:seeddms:seeddms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0251 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 17,822 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

sourceforge.net / p/seeddms/code/ci/seeddms-5.1.x/tree/CHANGELOG
Third Party Advisory
contextis.com / resources/advisories/cve-2018-12940
Third Party Advisory