VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-15536

/filemanager/ajax_calls.php in tecrail Responsive FileManager before 9.13.4 does not properly validate file paths in archives, allowing for the extraction of crafted archives to overwrite arbitrary files via an extract action, aka Directory Traversal.

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 6.41%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 6.4%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

CVSS 3.0: 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS: 6.41% probability · 94th percentile
Public exploits: 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 27 August 2018
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-22
Affected: tecrail/responsive filemanager
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 6.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

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-ID	Title	Type	Published	Verified
EDB-45271 source ↗	Responsive FileManager < 9.13.4 - Directory Traversalphp · Simon Uvarov	webapps	27 August 2018	yes

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Aug/34Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45271/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Aug/34Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45271/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

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