CVE-2018-17798
An issue was discovered in zzcms 8.3. user/ztconfig.php allows remote attackers to delete...
An issue was discovered in zzcms 8.3. user/ztconfig.php allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via an absolute pathname in the oldimg parameter in an action=modify request. This can be leveraged for database access by deleting install.lock.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- 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 zzcms 8.3. user/ztconfig.php allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via an absolute pathname in the oldimg parameter in an action=modify request. This can be leveraged for database access by deleting install.lock.
- Record
CVE-2018-17798- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in zzcms 8.3. user/ztconfig.php allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via an absolute pathname in the oldimg parameter in an action=modify request. This can be leveraged for database access by deleting install.lock.
- Record
CVE-2018-17798- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-9544 No score
An issue was discovered in zzcms 8.3. user/ztconfig.php allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via an absolute pathname in the oldimg parameter in an action=modify request. This can be leveraged for database access by deleting install.lock.
- Record
EUVD-2018-9544- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qj4j-qpxh-h623
An issue was discovered in zzcms 8.3. user/ztconfig.php allows remote attackers to delete...
An issue was discovered in zzcms 8.3. user/ztconfig.php allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via an absolute pathname in the oldimg parameter in an action=modify request. This can be leveraged for database access by deleting install.lock.
- Record
GHSA-qj4j-qpxh-h623- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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-2018-17798 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Zzcms, published September 30, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.17%, the 67th percentile. No source names a fixed version.