TI-2018-14507 Aliases CVE-2018-20465 GHSA-j7fx-v37j-v3w7

Craft CMS through 3.0.34 allows remote authenticated administrators to read sensitive…

LOW 35CWE-311Published 2018-12-25 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: High
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Information disclosure, Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-311 and CWE-1336.

Summary

Craft CMS through 3.0.34 allows remote authenticated administrators to read sensitive information via server-side template injection, as demonstrated by a {% string for craft.app.config.DB.user and craft.app.config.DB.password in the URI Format of the Site Settings, which causes a cleartext username and password to be displayed in a URI field.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01527 74th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	craftcms/cms (Packagist)	up to 3.0.34	—	No fix listed	GHSA-j7fx-v37j-v3w7

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
craftcms/cms (Packagist) Vendor— Affected up to 3.0.34 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-j7fx-v37j-v3w7

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms::::::::	up to 3.0.34	Vulnerable	Craft CMS

cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.0.34 Vulnerable ·Craft CMS

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-20465
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j7fx-v37j-v3w7

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/phuctam/Server-Side-Template-Injection-in-CraftCMS-/issues/1

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20465

Other 2

TI-2025-23503 Craft CMS Allows Remote Code Execution KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2024-37138 RCE when PHP `register_argc_argv` config setting is enabled in craftcms/cms KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
TI-2025-16994 Potential RCE with a compromised security key in craft/cms KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
TI-2025-24595 Craft CMS stores user-provided content in session files KEVCVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
TI-2023-22284 Craft CMS Remote Code Execution vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2024-25171 Craft CMS up to v3.7.31 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the GraphQL API endpoint. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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