CVE-2018-7602
critical CISA KEVDrupal Core Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor / product: Drupal — Core
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.
CVSS
9.8
9.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2018-07-19 17:29
Modified: 2026-10-02 14:54
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:07 UTC
Exploitation
Listed in CISA KEV
Added 2022-04-13 · due 2022-05-04
Known ransomware use: Known
Required action (CISA)
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Affected products
drupal / drupal ≥7.0 <7.59, ≥8.4.0 <8.4.8, ≥8.5.0 <8.5.3
debian / debian_linux 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-94
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Vendor advisory: https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2018-004
Vendor advisory: https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2018-004
Patch / mitigation: https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2018-004
Patch / mitigation: https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2018-004
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103985 mlhess@drupal.org
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040754 mlhess@drupal.org
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00030.html mlhess@drupal.org
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4180 mlhess@drupal.org
- https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2018-004 mlhess@drupal.org
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44542/ mlhess@drupal.org
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44557/ mlhess@drupal.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103985 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040754 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00030.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4180 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2018-004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44542/ af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44557/ af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-7602 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Data sources
CISA KEV — fetched 2026-10-27 06:50 UTC · record ↗
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:07 UTC · record ↗