CVE-2018-9118

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

46.93% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 98.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-04-12 15:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 07:17Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-03-28

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2603d32ec6b08ab6f72facfc041dab81872aa7ff01e4e8081691606789bfdc7e

• www.exploit-db.com44417https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44417/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• wpvulndb.comhttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9056x_refsource_MISC
• 99robots.comhttps://99robots.com/docs/wp-background-takeover-advertisements/x_refsource_CONFIRM