{"id":"CVE-2018-15536","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-15536","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:24:38.495Z","title":"/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.","description":"/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.","published":"2018-08-24T19:29:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:42:43.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["tecrail/responsive filemanager"],"epss":{"score":0.0641,"percentile":0.93652,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2018-08-27","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":45271,"kind":"exploit","title":"Responsive FileManager < 9.13.4 - Directory Traversal","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45271","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/45271.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/45271.txt","published":"2018-08-27","added":"2018-08-27","updated":"2018-08-27","author":"Simon Uvarov","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":80,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2018-15536","CVE-2018-15535"],"tags":"Traversal","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comResponsiveFilemanager-9.13.3.tar.gz","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Aug/34","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45271/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Aug/34","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45271/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15536","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}