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CVE-2018-16774

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-16774 is a path traversal vulnerability in HongCMS 3.0.0 that allows unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on the server by manipulating the 'file' parameter in the admin/index.php/language/ajax?action=delete endpoint. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.0 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a severe impact on integrity (I:H) with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common repositories like Metasploit or ExploitDB, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hongcms_project:hongcms:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0162 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

github.com / Neeke/HongCMS/issues/6
ExploitThird Party Advisory