CVE-2018-16141 — ThinkCMF X2

ThinkCMF X2.2.3 has an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in do_avatar in \application\User\Controller\ProfileController.class.php via an imgurl parameter with a ..\ sequence. A member user can delete any file on a Windows server.

01What is this vulnerability?

ThinkCMF X2.2.3 has an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in do_avatar in \application\User\Controller\ProfileController.class.php via an imgurl parameter with a ..\ sequence. A member user can delete any file on a Windows server.

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

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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: 2018-08-30T05:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T10:17:37.673Z

09References

• unothing.github.io — https://unothing.github.io/posts/thinkcmfx223/