CVE-2018-16763

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationRemediate within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 83%
  • Public exploit or proof-of-concept code is available
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 83%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: Public PoCExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is referenced (a reference tagged "Patch", often a source commit), but no release containing it is confirmed — find the release that contains it; until it is applied, mitigate (WAF / firewall / segmentation).

FUEL CMS 1.4.1 allows PHP Code Evaluation via the pages/select/ filter parameter or the preview/ data parameter. This can lead to Pre-Auth Remote Code Execution.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
77
EG Risk 77/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity98% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation83% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's BOD 26-04 default: no one has published Automatable for this CVE, and CISA treats it as “no” for a CVE not in KEV.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.
Exploitation public PoC (exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is referenced, but no release containing it is confirmed. Check the referenced fix and the vendor's advisory for a release that contains it and apply that within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high; until then, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation.
EPSS PROB
83%
EPSS %ILE
99th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
9.8 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
83% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-22). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track* at medium mission impactTrack at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.

A fix is referenced, but no release containing it is confirmed. Check the referenced fix and the vendor's advisory for a release that contains it and apply that within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high; until then, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation.

Exploitation public PoC (exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

September 9, 2018

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Oct 6, 2026
Fix referenced — no release confirmed yet.
Web page

From Code Evaluation to Pre-Auth Remote Code Execution (CVE-2018-16763 bypass) – 0xD0ff9

https://0xd0ff9.wordpress.com/2019/07/19/from-code-evaluation-to-pre-auth-remote-code-execution-cve-2018-16763-bypass/
Web page

fuel CMS 1.4.1 - Remote Code Execution (1) - Linux webapps Exploit

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47138
Web page

Vulnerability - Code Evaluations & SQL Injections · Issue #478 · daylightstudio/FUEL-CMS · GitHub

https://github.com/daylightstudio/FUEL-CMS/issues/478

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 16× in last 7d / 35× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 89 of 108 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 11 repeat rows among the latest 100 are merged into the row they repeat. The 19 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-10-23 02:49 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-23 02:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rq3x-g9v8-6qjm · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  3. 2026-10-22 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  4. 2026-10-22 00:45 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-22 00:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rq3x-g9v8-6qjm · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  6. 2026-10-21 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  7. 2026-10-20 22:42 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-20 22:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rq3x-g9v8-6qjm · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  9. 2026-10-20 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  10. 2026-10-19 20:25 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-19 20:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rq3x-g9v8-6qjm · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  12. 2026-10-18 17:46 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-18 17:46 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rq3x-g9v8-6qjm · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  14. 2026-10-18 10:17 UTCEG score recompute
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  16. 2026-10-17 15:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rq3x-g9v8-6qjm · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  17. 2026-10-16 13:38 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-10-16 13:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rq3x-g9v8-6qjm · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  19. 2026-10-15 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  20. 2026-10-15 11:22 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-10-15 11:22 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rq3x-g9v8-6qjm · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  22. 2026-10-14 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  23. 2026-10-14 07:05 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-10-14 07:05 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rq3x-g9v8-6qjm · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  25. 2026-10-13 02:21 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rq3x-g9v8-6qjm · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  1. 2026-10-12 20:15 UTCEG score recompute
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  3. 2026-10-10 19:55 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
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  46. 2026-07-22 14:04 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
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Publicly available exploits

(13 references, 10 shown)

Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (3 Exploit-DB entries, 9 GitHub PoCs), as is 1 Nuclei detection template. A detection template checks whether a system is affected; it is not necessarily exploit code. No release with the fix is confirmed, so defenders should restrict or isolate affected systems accordingly until one is applied.

  • GitHub PoCaltsun/CVE-2018-16763-FuelCMS-1.4.1-RCE
    Published Jan 8, 2025

    Fuel CMS 1.4.1 - Remote Code Execution

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCnot1cyyy/CVE-2018-16763
    Published Jan 3, 2023

    CVE-2018-16763 FuelCMS 1.4 Remote Code Execution, this version of FuelCMS is still vulnerable until now

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCp0dalirius/CVE-2018-16763-FuelCMS-1.4.1-RCE
    Published May 31, 2022

    Exploit to trigger RCE for CVE-2018-16763 on FuelCMS <= 1.4.1 and interactive shell.

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCh3x0v3rl0rd/CVE-2018-16763
    Published Jan 8, 2022
    Open source ↗
  • Exploit-DBEDB-50477
    Published Nov 3, 2021

    Fuel CMS 1.4.1 - Remote Code Execution (3)

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCpadsalatushal/CVE-2018-16763
    Published Nov 3, 2021

    Fuel CMS 1.4.1 - Remote Code Execution

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCkxisxr/Bash-Script-CVE-2018-16763
    Published Sep 27, 2021

    FUEL CMS 1.4.1 allows PHP Code Evaluation via the pages/select/ filter parameter or the preview/ data parameter. This can lead to Pre-Auth Remote Code Execution.

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCshoamshilo/Fuel-CMS-Remote-Code-Execution-1.4--RCE--
    Published Mar 7, 2021

    A working PoC to CVE-2018-16763

    Open source ↗
  • Exploit-DBEDB-49487
    Published Jan 28, 2021

    Fuel CMS 1.4.1 - Remote Code Execution (2)

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCn3m1sys/CVE-2018-16763-Exploit-Python3
    Published Oct 10, 2020
    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2018-16763?
CVE-2018-16763 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on September 9, 2018. FUEL CMS 1.4.1 allows PHP Code Evaluation via the pages/select/ filter parameter or the preview/ data parameter. This can lead to Pre-Auth Remote Code Execution.
When was CVE-2018-16763 made public?
CVE-2018-16763 was made public on September 9, 2018: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, MITRE Corporation, gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on September 9, 2018. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of November 21, 2024; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2018-16763 actively exploited?
CVE-2018-16763 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 83% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (99th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-16763?
CVE-2018-16763 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2018-16763?
A fix for CVE-2018-16763 is referenced (a reference tagged "Patch", often a source commit), but EchelonGraph has no release containing it on record. Check that reference and the vendor's advisory for a release that contains the fix and update to it; until then, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation.

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