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CVE-2018-17798

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-17798 affects zzcms 8.3, allowing authenticated remote attackers to delete arbitrary files through a path traversal vulnerability in the user/ztconfig.php script. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) has a low attack complexity and can lead to high integrity impact, specifically enabling database access by deleting the install.lock file. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it shows no signs of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zzcms:zzcms:8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0117 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 21,977 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / seedis/zzcms/blob/master/arbitrary_file_deletion2.md
ExploitThird Party Advisory