CVE-2018-9153 — The plugin upload component in Z-BlogPHP 1

The plugin upload component in Z-BlogPHP 1.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the app_id parameter to zb_users/plugin/AppCentre/plugin_edit.php because of an unanchored regular expression, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-8893. The component must

01What is this vulnerability?

The plugin upload component in Z-BlogPHP 1.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the app_id parameter to zb_users/plugin/AppCentre/plugin_edit.php because of an unanchored regular expression, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-8893. The component must be accessed directly by an administrator, or through CSRF.

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

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-04-15T14:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T07:17:51.301Z

09References

• xz.aliyun.com — https://xz.aliyun.com/t/2277