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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-12054

Arbitrary File Read exists in PHP Scripts Mall Schools Alert Management Script via the f parameter in img.php, aka absolute path traversal.

EXPLOITHIGH 7.5EPSS 37.9%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 37.9%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Arbitrary File Read exists in PHP Scripts Mall Schools Alert Management Script via the f parameter in img.php, aka absolute path traversal.

CVSS 3.0
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
37.86% probability · 99th 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%20%40%21 September 2026: 17.63%22 September 2026: 38.99%15 October 2026: 37.86%27 October 2026: 37.86%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 17.6% on 21 September 2026 to 37.9% on 27 October 2026, peaking at 39.0% 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-44874source ↗Schools Alert Management Script - Arbitrary File Readphp · 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.