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Case File

CVE-2018-8972

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 0.57% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-03-24 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2018-8972
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
0.57%

Original Filing — NVD Description

Creditwest Bank CMS Project (aka CWCMS) through 2017-07-28 has CSRF in the functionality for updating the site configuration, which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary PHP code, as demonstrated by a PHP shell that calls eval on request parameters.