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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-12053

Arbitrary File Deletion exists in PHP Scripts Mall Schools Alert Management Script via the img parameter in delete_img.php by using directory traversal.

EXPLOITHIGH 7.5EPSS 10.5%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.5%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Arbitrary File Deletion exists in PHP Scripts Mall Schools Alert Management Script via the img parameter in delete_img.php by using directory traversal.

CVSS 3.0
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
10.52% probability · 96th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 11 June 2018
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-22
Affected
schools alert management script project/schools alert management script
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%8%15%21 September 2026: 8.09%22 September 2026: 10.90%27 October 2026: 10.52%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 8.1% on 21 September 2026 to 10.5% on 27 October 2026, peaking at 10.9% on 22 September 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-44870source ↗Schools Alert Management Script - Arbitrary File Deletionphp · M3@Pandaswebapps11 June 2018no

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.