CVE-2018-7602
Critical 9.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV) Used in ransomware campaigns
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Drupal Core Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists within multiple subsystems of Drupal 7.x and 8.x. This potentially allows attackers to exploit multiple attack vectors on a Drupal site, which could result in the site being compromised. This vulnerability is related to Drupal core - Highly critical - Remote Code Execution - SA-CORE-2018-002. Both SA-CORE-2018-002 and this vulnerability are being exploited in the wild.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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9.8 (CRITICAL)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 99% (percentile: 100) as of 1 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-94
Affected products
drupal: drupal; debian: debian linux
References
- https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2018-004 PatchVendor Advisory
- https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2018-004 PatchVendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44542/ ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44557/ ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44542/ ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44557/ ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103985 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040754 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00030.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4180 Third Party Advisory