CVE-2018-7490

uWSGI before 2.0.17 mishandles a DOCUMENT_ROOT check during use of the --php-docroot option, allowing directory traversal.

CVSS v4.0 GitHub

8.7 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS v3.0 NVD

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0 NVD

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS

69.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile

Nuclei

high · CWE-22

Published

2018-02-26

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• qinzhu111/uWSGI-CVE-2018-7490-POC1★ · 2024-06-14

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-7490.yaml

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44223

Vulhub environments (1)

• vulhub/vulhub/tree/master/uwsgi/CVE-2018-7490

Exploit collections (2)

• uwsgi-cve-2018-7490.ymlchaitin/xray
• CVE-2018-7490.yamlzan8in/afrog

Security advisories

• https://uwsgi-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Changelog-2.0.17.html
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4142
• advisories/GHSA-h2vm-c85r-5vh5

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry