CVE-2018-17418 — Monstra CMS 3

Monstra CMS 3.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a mixed-case file extension, as demonstrated by the 123.PhP filename, because plugins\box\filesmanager\filesmanager.admin.php mishandles the forbidden_types variable.

01What is this vulnerability?

Monstra CMS 3.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a mixed-case file extension, as demonstrated by the 123.PhP filename, because plugins\box\filesmanager\filesmanager.admin.php mishandles the forbidden_types variable.

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: 2019-03-07T22:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T10:47:04.520Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/AlwaysHereFight/monstra_cms-3.0.4--getshell/blob/master/READM…