VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-1999022

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.21%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.21%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

PEAR HTML_QuickForm version 3.2.14 contains an eval injection (CWE-95) vulnerability in HTML_QuickForm's getSubmitValue method, HTML_QuickForm's validate method, HTML_QuickForm_hierselect's _setOptions method, HTML_QuickForm_element's _findValue method, HTML_QuickForm_element's _prepareValue method. that can result in Possible information disclosure, possible impact on data integrity and execution of arbitrary code. This attack appear to be exploitable via A specially crafted query string could be utilised, e.g. http://www.example.com/admin/add_practice_type_id[1]=fubar%27])%20OR%20die(%27OOK!%27);%20//&mode=live. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 3.2.15.

CVSS 3.0: 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 2.21% probability · 82th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-94
Affected: html quickform project/html quickform · civicrm/civicrm
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 2.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

http://blog.pear.php.net/2018/07/19/security-vulnerability-announcement-html_quickform/Vendor Advisory
https://civicrm.org/advisory/civi-sa-2018-07-remote-code-execution-in-quickformThird Party Advisory
http://blog.pear.php.net/2018/07/19/security-vulnerability-announcement-html_quickform/Vendor Advisory
https://civicrm.org/advisory/civi-sa-2018-07-remote-code-execution-in-quickformThird Party Advisory

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