CVE-2018-18713 — The function down_sql_action() in /admin/model/database

The function down_sql_action() in /admin/model/database.class.php in PHPYun 4.6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via directory traversal in an m=database&c=down_sql&name=../ URI.

01What is this vulnerability?

The function down_sql_action() in /admin/model/database.class.php in PHPYun 4.6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via directory traversal in an m=database&c=down_sql&name=../ URI.

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: 2018-10-27T22:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T11:16:00.423Z

09References

• jlkl.github.io — http://jlkl.github.io/2018/10/25/CVE_02/
• str3am.me — http://str3am.me/2018/10/25/CVE_02/