CVE-2018-25270 (GCVE-0-2018-25270)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-22 14:57 – Updated: 2026-04-22 15:59
VLAI?
Title
ThinkPHP 5.0.23 Remote Code Execution via invokefunction
Summary
ThinkPHP 5.0.23 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by invoking functions through the routing parameter. Attackers can craft requests to the index.php endpoint with malicious function parameters to execute system commands with application privileges.
Severity ?
9.3 (Critical)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Thinkphp ThinkPHP Affected: 5.0.23
Affected: 5.1.31
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Date Public ?
2018-12-11 00:00
Credits
VulnSpy
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