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CVE-2018-17984

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-17984 is a high-severity arbitrary file inclusion vulnerability affecting ISPConfig before version 3.1.13, stemming from an unanchored regular expression. This flaw allows authenticated users with local filesystem access to execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 7.8, it poses a significant risk of high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.1.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ispconfig:ispconfig:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0337 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 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 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

0x09al.github.io / security/ispconfig/exploit/vulnerability/2018/08/20/bug-or-backdoor-ispconfig-rce.html
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / 0x09AL/0x09al.github.io/blob/master/_posts/2018-08-20-bug-or-backdoor-ispconfig-rce.markdown
ExploitThird Party Advisory
ispconfig.org / blog/ispconfig-3-1-13-released-important-security-bugfix
Vendor Advisory