Ispconfig
CVE-2018-17984
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Incorrect input validation
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| Impact | CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | Successful exploitation could compromise the high-severity affected system. |
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An unanchored /[a-z]{2}/ regular expression in ISPConfig before 3.1.13 makes it possible to include arbitrary files, leading to code execution. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-185. An unanchored /[a-z]{2}/ regular expression in ISPConfig before 3.1.13 makes it possible to include arbitrary files, leading to code execution. This is exploitable by authenticated users who have local filesystem access. Affected products include: Ispconfig. Version information: before 3.1.13.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
An unanchored /[a-z]{2}/ regular expression in ISPConfig before 3.1.13 makes it possible to include arbitrary files, leading to code execution. This is exploitable by authenticated users who have local filesystem access.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
An issue was discovered in ISPConfig before 3.2.11p1. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exp
Authenticated SQL injection in ISPConfig's Remote API allows any API user holding a single low-privilege function permis
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in ISPConfig before 3.0.5.4p7 allow remote attackers to hijac
SQL injection vulnerability in monitor/show_sys_state.php in ISPConfig before 3.0.5.4p7 allows remote authenticated user
ISPConfig before 3.2.2 allows SQL injection. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploita
ISPConfig before 3.1.15p3, when the undocumented reverse_proxy_panel_allowed=sites option is manually enabled, allows SQ
ISPConfig 3.x before 3.1.9 allows remote authenticated users to obtain root access by creating a crafted cron job. Rated
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