CVE-2018-18888
An issue was discovered in laravelCMS through 2018-04-02. \app\Http\Controllers\Backend...
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.
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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-18888- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-18888- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-10599 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2018-10599- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8hwv-7246-c27f
An issue was discovered in laravelCMS through 2018-04-02. \app\Http\Controllers\Backend...
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.
- Record
GHSA-8hwv-7246-c27f- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-434
- 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-2018-18888 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Laravelcms Project Laravelcms, published November 1, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.29%, the 70th percentile. No source names a fixed version.