CVE-2018-12256 — admin/vqmods

admin/vqmods.app/vqmods.inc.php in LiteCart before 2.1.3 allows remote authenticated attackers to upload a malicious file (resulting in remote code execution) by using the text/xml or application/xml Content-Type in a public_html/admin/?app=vqmods&doc=vqmods request.

01What is this vulnerability?

admin/vqmods.app/vqmods.inc.php in LiteCart before 2.1.3 allows remote authenticated attackers to upload a malicious file (resulting in remote code execution) by using the text/xml or application/xml Content-Type in a public_html/admin/?app=vqmods&doc=vqmods request.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-08-16T20:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T08:30:59.858Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/litecart/litecart/commit/2305368eb70a26cab34c772c9ae88787f4c3…
• www.litecart.net — https://www.litecart.net/download