CVE-2018-20300 is a critical arbitrary PHP code execution vulnerability affecting Empire CMS version 7.5. Attackers can exploit this by injecting malicious code into the ftemp parameter during an enews=EditMemberForm action, which then writes to a memberform.$fid.php file. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:phome:empirecms:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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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.