CVE-2018-16388 — e107_web/js/plupload/upload

e107_web/js/plupload/upload.php in e107 2.1.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a .php filename with the image/jpeg content type.

01What is this vulnerability?

e107_web/js/plupload/upload.php in e107 2.1.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a .php filename with the image/jpeg content type.

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: 2018-09-12T16:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T10:24:32.097Z

09References

• gist.github.com — https://gist.github.com/ommadawn46/5cb22e7c66cc32a5c7734a8064b4d3f5
• github.com — https://github.com/e107inc/e107/commit/e5bb5297f68e56537c004cdbb48a30892e9f6f4c