CVE-2018-7602

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.8 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-04-13), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, epss, nvd
Trending — 4 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS PROB: 99%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: cisa kev · ssvc active · kev ransomware · Exploit-DB (verified) · epss top5pct · epss high · public exploitExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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 v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(high)
EG Risk
84(Attend)
EG Risk 84/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation100% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
99%
EPSS %ILE
100%
KEV
⚠ Exploited

Published

July 19, 2018

Last Modified

August 13, 2026

Advisory Details (7)

Auto-updated Sep 3, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. Patch available.
generic Patch Available

[SECURITY] [DLA 1365-1] drupal7 security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00030.html
generic
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040754
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

CVE-2018-7602 - PSIRT.COM

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103985
generic🟡 PoC Available

Drupal < 7.58 - 'Drupalgeddon3' (Authenticated) Remote Code (Metasploit) - PHP webapps Exploit

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44557/
generic🟡 PoC Available

Drupal < 7.58 - 'Drupalgeddon3' (Authenticated) Remote Code Execution (PoC) - PHP webapps Exploit

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44542/
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

Drupal core - Highly critical - Remote Code Execution - SA-CORE-2018-004 | Drupal.org

https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2018-004
generic

[SECURITY] [DSA 4180-1] drupal7 security update

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4180

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntudrupal7 (7.26-1ubuntu0.1+esm1) @ trusty2026-09-08ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(5 across 4 ecosystems)
Packagist(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
drupal/core8.5.0 ... 8.5.2 (6 versions)8.5.3—
drupal/drupal8.5.0 ... 8.5.2 (6 versions)8.5.3—
Debian:7(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
drupal77.14-2 ... 7.14-2+deb7u9~bpo60+1 (27 versions)7.14-2+deb7u19—
Debian:8(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
drupal77.32-1+deb8u10 ... 7.32-1+deb8u9 (11 versions)7.32-1+deb8u12—
Debian:9(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
drupal77.52-2, 7.52-2+deb9u1, 7.52-2+deb9u2, 7.52-2+deb9u37.52-2+deb9u4—

Weakness Classification(1)

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

All Vendor Advisories

(1)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 27× in last 7d / 176× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. 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. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 542 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-08 05:41 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-09-08 02:04 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-09-07 22:27 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-09-07 18:49 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-09-07 15:13 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-09-06 20:56 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-09-06 17:19 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-06 17:19 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-09-06 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-06 13:41 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-09-06 06:27 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-09-06 02:50 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-09-05 23:13 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-09-05 19:37 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-09-05 16:00 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-05 16:00 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-09-05 08:44 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-09-05 01:29 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-09-04 21:52 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-09-04 18:14 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-09-04 17:38 UTCCISA KEV update
  22. 2026-09-04 10:57 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-09-03 05:43 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-09-02 22:27 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-09-02 17:33 UTCCISA KEV update
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  1. 2026-09-02 00:31 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-09-01 20:53 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-09-01 02:44 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-08-31 23:07 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-08-31 19:29 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-08-31 14:19 UTCCISA KEV update
  7. 2026-08-31 04:52 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-08-31 01:15 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-08-30 21:38 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-30 21:38 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-08-30 19:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-30 18:01 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-08-30 14:24 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-08-30 10:45 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-08-30 07:08 UTCVendor advisory
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  17. 2026-08-29 23:52 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-08-29 20:15 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-08-29 09:20 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-08-29 05:43 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-08-28 22:29 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-28 21:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-28 18:49 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-08-28 11:33 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-08-28 00:37 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-08-27 21:00 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-08-27 17:22 UTCCISA KEV update
  28. 2026-08-27 13:45 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-08-27 10:08 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-08-27 06:30 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-08-27 02:42 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-08-26 23:05 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-08-26 17:41 UTCCISA KEV update
  34. 2026-08-26 12:11 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-08-26 08:34 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-08-26 04:55 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-08-26 01:18 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-08-25 21:41 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-08-25 18:03 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-08-25 14:26 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-08-25 10:49 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-08-25 07:12 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-08-25 03:35 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-08-24 23:58 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-08-24 20:20 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-08-24 18:52 UTCCISA KEV update
  47. 2026-08-24 16:43 UTCEG score recompute
  48. 2026-08-24 16:43 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-08-24 14:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-08-24 13:07 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-08-24 09:30 UTCEG score recompute
  52. 2026-08-24 09:30 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-08-24 05:52 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-08-24 02:13 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-08-23 18:56 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-08-23 15:19 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-08-23 11:42 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-08-23 08:05 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-08-23 04:27 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-08-23 00:50 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-08-22 17:35 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-08-22 13:58 UTCVendor advisory
  63. 2026-08-22 10:21 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-08-22 06:44 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-08-22 03:07 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-08-21 23:29 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-08-21 19:52 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-08-21 16:49 UTCCISA KEV update
  69. 2026-08-21 16:15 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-08-21 12:38 UTCVendor advisory
  71. 2026-08-21 09:01 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-08-21 05:24 UTCVendor advisory
  73. 2026-08-21 01:46 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-08-20 22:09 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-08-20 18:32 UTCVendor advisory

Publicly available exploits

(4 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC) (2 Exploit-DB entries). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Exploit-DBEDB-44557✓ verified
    First seen Apr 30, 2018

    Drupal < 7.58 - 'Drupalgeddon3' (Authenticated) Remote Code (Metasploit)

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoC1337g/Drupalgedon3
    First seen Apr 27, 2018

    POC to test/exploit drupal vulnerability SA-CORE-2018-004 / CVE-2018-7602

    Open source ↗
  • Exploit-DBEDB-44542✓ verified
    First seen Apr 25, 2018

    Drupal < 7.58 - 'Drupalgeddon3' (Authenticated) Remote Code Execution (PoC)

    Open source ↗
  • Nucleihttp/cves/2018/CVE-2018-7602.yaml
    First seen Jan 1, 2018

    Drupal - Remote Code Execution

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2018-7602?
CVE-2018-7602 is a critical vulnerability published on July 19, 2018. 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 -…
When was CVE-2018-7602 disclosed?
CVE-2018-7602 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 19, 2018, with the most recent update on August 13, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2018-7602 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2018-7602 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on April 13, 2022, affecting Drupal Core. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate patching attention.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-7602?
CVE-2018-7602 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
Which products are affected by CVE-2018-7602?
CVE-2018-7602 affects Drupal Core. The full affected-products list, including version ranges and fixed versions, is shown in the Affected Packages section of this page.
How do I remediate CVE-2018-7602?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2018-7602, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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