CVE-2018-7600 Drupal Core Remote Code Execution

What is CVE-2018-7600?

CVE-2018-7600 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 29 Mar 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Drupal before 7.58, 8.x before 8.3.9, 8.4.x before 8.4.6, and 8.5.x before 8.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because of an issue affecting multiple subsystems with default or common module configurations.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-7600?

17 open source packages ship an affected version, including drupal/core and drupal/drupal. It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Drupal Drupal.

How do I fix CVE-2018-7600?

Upgrade drupal/core to a fixed version for your release line: 7.58, 8.3.9, 8.4.6 or 8.5.1. US federal agencies must fix it by 3 May 2022.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2018-7600 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2018-7600 in the wild since at least 3 Nov 2021, including in ransomware campaigns.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module, 4 Exploit-DB entries, 1 Nuclei template and 56 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as CLEANSTART-2024-RD27757, DLA-1325-1, DRUPAL-CORE-2018-002, DSA-4156-1, GHSA-7fh9-933g-885p, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7600.