Predictive Vulnerability Intelligence.

Product

  • Product
  • Pricing
  • Documentation

Company

  • About
  • Partnerships
  • Blog
  • Support

Legal

  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Data Licensing

© 2026 FAUCET Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.

CVE-2018-7448

41
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-7448 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting CMS Made Simple version 2.1.6, specifically during the initial installation process. An attacker can inject arbitrary PHP code via the "timezone" parameter in step 4 of the installation. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires low privileges and high attack complexity. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cmsmadesimple:cms_made_simple:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
12.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-44192 · Feb 27, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1299 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 1,162 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 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

dev.cmsmadesimple.org / project/changelog/5471
Release Notes
packetstormsecurity.com / files/146568/CMS-Made-Simple-2.1.6-Remote-Code-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/44192
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry