CVE-2018-18888 describes a critical arbitrary file upload vulnerability in laravelCMS through 2018-04-02, specifically within the ProfileController.php component. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to upload malicious PHP files due to insufficient file extension validation and improper renaming of uploaded files. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), successful exploitation can lead to complete compromise of the affected system, including data confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2018-04-02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:laravelcms_project:laravelcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.