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CVE-2018-7602

98
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-7602 is a highly critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting multiple subsystems of Drupal 7.x and 8.x, allowing attackers to fully compromise affected websites. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and no required user interaction or privileges. This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, including in known ransomware campaigns, and has readily available exploit code and significant community and media attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.0, < 7.59CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.4.0, < 8.4.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.5.0, < 8.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
99.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Apr 13, 2022
Nuclei: CVE-2018-7602 · Feb 5, 2022
ExploitDB: EDB-44557 · Apr 30, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9924 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: drupal/coreFixed in: 7.59
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: drupal/coreFixed in: 8.4.8
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: drupal/coreFixed in: 8.5.3
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: drupal/drupalFixed in: 7.59
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: drupal/drupalFixed in: 8.4.8
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: drupal/drupalFixed in: 8.5.3

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-297x-j9pm-xjggcritical

Drupal Core Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Apr 23, 2024

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00030.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4180
Third Party Advisory
drupal.org / sa-core-2018-004
PatchVendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/44542
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/44557
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/103985
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040754
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry