CVE-2018-20300
Empire CMS 7.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the ftemp parameter in...
Empire CMS 7.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the ftemp parameter in an enews=EditMemberForm action because this code is injected into a memberform.$fid.php file.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
9.8
Empire CMS 7.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the ftemp parameter in an enews=EditMemberForm action because this code is injected into a memberform.$fid.php file.
- Record
CVE-2018-20300- 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-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Empire CMS 7.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the ftemp parameter in an enews=EditMemberForm action because this code is injected into a memberform.$fid.php file.
- Record
CVE-2018-20300- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-12863 No score
Empire CMS 7.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the ftemp parameter in an enews=EditMemberForm action because this code is injected into a memberform.$fid.php file.
- Record
EUVD-2018-12863- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cwhf-vqf3-q732
9.8
Empire CMS 7.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the ftemp parameter in...
Empire CMS 7.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the ftemp parameter in an enews=EditMemberForm action because this code is injected into a memberform.$fid.php file.
- Record
GHSA-cwhf-vqf3-q732- 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-94
- 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-2018-20300 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Phome Empirecms, published December 20, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.58%, the 75th percentile. No source names a fixed version.