CVE-2018-17984
N/A
Published: October 4, 2018 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:46 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorIspconfig
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
An unanchored /[a-z]{2}/ regular expression in ISPConfig before 3.1.13 makes it possible to include arbitrary files, leading to code execution. This is exploitable by authenticated users who have local filesystem access.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 3.1.13
Affected range stops below 3.1.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://0x09al.github.io/security/ispconfig/exploit/vulnerability/2018/08/20/bug-or-backdoor-ispconfig-rce.htmlx_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/0x09AL/0x09al.github.io/blob/master/_posts/2018-08-20-bug-or-backdoor-ispconfig-rce.markdownx_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.ispconfig.org/blog/ispconfig-3-1-13-released-important-security-bugfix/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-185
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