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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2018-17037 json

user/editpost.php in UCMS 1.4.6 mishandles levels, which allows escalation from the normal user level of 1 to the superuser level of 3.

published 2018-09-14 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-8820

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 61%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

user/editpost.php in UCMS 1.4.6 mishandles levels, which allows escalation from the normal user level of 1 to the superuser level of 3.

Exploit prediction

0.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/blackstar24/UCMS/blob/master/level.md referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.