A vulnerability has been found in laravelCMS up to 2018-04-02 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the file app\Http\Controllers\Backend\ProfileController.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in laravelCMS through 2018-04-02. \app\Http\Controllers\Backend\ProfileController.php allows upload of arbitrary PHP files because the file extension is not properly checked and uploaded files are not properly renamed.

The bug was discovered 10/29/2018. The weakness was disclosed 10/31/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-18888 since 10/30/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1608.002 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:app\Http\Controllers\Backend\ProfileController.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Productinfo

Name

• laravelCMS

Version

• 2018-04-02

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍
• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

• 🔍
• 🔍

CVSSv4info

CVSSv3info

CVSSv2info

Exploitinginfo

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Countermeasuresinfo

Timelineinfo

Sourcesinfo

Entryinfo

Discussion