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Vulnerability · CVE-2018-19127

phpcms phpcms Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Published Apr 4, 2019 · catalog updated Apr 4, 2019 · phpcms phpcms Improper Control

Patch now

CVE-2018-19127 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm phpcms phpcms Improper Control against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (phpcms phpcms Improper Control).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
20.77%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor phpcms phpcms

A code injection vulnerability in /type.php in PHPCMS 2008 allows attackers to write arbitrary content to a website cache file with a controllable filename, leading to arbitrary code execution. The PHP code is sent via the template parameter, and is written to a data/cache_template/*.tpl.php file along with a "<?php function " substring.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor phpcms phpcmsversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2018-19127

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2018-19127 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm phpcms phpcms Improper Control against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 20.77%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 4, 2019 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    A code injection vulnerability in /type.php in PHPCMS 2008 allows attackers to write arbitrary content to a website cache file with a controllable filename, leading to arbitrary code execution. The PHP code is sent via the template parameter, and is written to a data/cache_template/*.tpl.php file along with a "<?php function " substring.

  2. Apr 4, 2019 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2018-19127

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2018-19127

    30-day exploitation probability 20.8%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2018-19127

    A code injection vulnerability in /type.php in PHPCMS 2008 allows attackers to write arbitrary content to a website cache file with a controllable filename, leading to arbitrary code execution. The PHP code is sent via the template parameter, and is written to a data/cache_templa

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.