CVE-2018-16446
An issue was discovered in SeaCMS through 6.61. adm1n/admin_database.php allows remote attackers...
An issue was discovered in SeaCMS through 6.61. adm1n/admin_database.php allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the bakfiles parameter. This can allow the product to be reinstalled by deleting install_lock.txt.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in SeaCMS through 6.61. adm1n/admin_database.php allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the bakfiles parameter. This can allow the product to be reinstalled by deleting install_lock.txt.
- Record
CVE-2018-16446- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 6.4 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in SeaCMS through 6.61. adm1n/admin_database.php allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the bakfiles parameter. This can allow the product to be reinstalled by deleting install_lock.txt.
- Record
CVE-2018-16446- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-8286 No score
An issue was discovered in SeaCMS through 6.61. adm1n/admin_database.php allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the bakfiles parameter. This can allow the product to be reinstalled by deleting install_lock.txt.
- Record
EUVD-2018-8286- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9hgq-q6vw-9852
An issue was discovered in SeaCMS through 6.61. adm1n/admin_database.php allows remote attackers...
An issue was discovered in SeaCMS through 6.61. adm1n/admin_database.php allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the bakfiles parameter. This can allow the product to be reinstalled by deleting install_lock.txt.
- Record
GHSA-9hgq-q6vw-9852- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-16446 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Seamcms Seacms, published September 4, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.93%, the 80th percentile. No source names a fixed version.