CVE-2018-17207
By accessing leftover installer files (installer.php and installer-backup.php), an attacker can inject PHP code into wp-config.php during the database setup step, achieving arbitrary code execution.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 60.1%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
An issue was discovered in Snap Creek Duplicator before 1.2.42. By accessing leftover installer files (installer.php and installer-backup.php), an attacker can inject PHP code into wp-config.php during the database setup step, achieving arbitrary code execution.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 60.09% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- awesomemotive/duplicator
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 60.1% 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.
References
- https://snapcreek.com/duplicator/docs/changelog/?liteVendor Advisory
- https://www.synacktiv.com/ressources/advisories/WordPress_Duplicator-1.2.40-RCE.pdfExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://snapcreek.com/duplicator/docs/changelog/?liteVendor Advisory
- https://www.synacktiv.com/ressources/advisories/WordPress_Duplicator-1.2.40-RCE.pdfExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.