{"id":"CVE-2018-7490","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-7490","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:08:40.645Z","title":"uWSGI before 2.0.17 mishandles a DOCUMENT_ROOT check during use of the --php-docroot option, allowing directory traversal.","description":"uWSGI before 2.0.17 mishandles a DOCUMENT_ROOT check during use of the --php-docroot option, allowing directory traversal.","published":"2018-02-26T22:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:03:14.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["unbit/uwsgi","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.69423,"percentile":0.99357,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.53464,"percentile":0.98968},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.69423,"percentile":0.99329}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2018-03-02","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":44223,"kind":"exploit","title":"uWSGI < 2.0.17 - Directory Traversal","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44223","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/44223.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/44223.txt","published":"2018-03-02","added":"2018-03-02","updated":"2018-03-02","author":"Marios Nicolaides","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2018-7490"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comuwsgi-2.0.15.tar.gz","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 69.4%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.69423,"from":0.53464,"percentile":0.99329},"summary":"EPSS moved from 53.5% to 69.4% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"https://uwsgi-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Changelog-2.0.17.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4142","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44223/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://uwsgi-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Changelog-2.0.17.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4142","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44223/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7490","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."}