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CVE-2018-9205

73
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-9205 is a critical Local File Inclusion vulnerability affecting the Drupal avatar_uploader module, specifically version 7.x-1.0-beta8. This flaw allows attackers to read arbitrary files on the server due to insufficient user verification and file path sanitization in the view.php component. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it can be exploited remotely without authentication, leading to high confidentiality impact. While not in CISA's KEV catalog or actively discussed on social media, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB and Nuclei templates, indicating its exploitability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.x-1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:avatar_uploader:7.x-1.0:beta8:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
56.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2018-9205 · Oct 11, 2021
ExploitDB: EDB-44501 · Apr 23, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5692 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

drupal.org / project/avatar_uploader
Release NotesVendor Advisory
drupal.org / project/avatar_uploader/issues/2957966
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/44501
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vapidlabs.com / advisory.php
ExploitThird Party Advisory