CVE-2018-7600
9.8, critical Known exploited Used in ransomwareDrupal Core Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVSS
- 9.8, critical critical CVSS v3.1
- EPSS, next 30 days
- 100% higher than 99.9% of scored CVEs
- Exploitation
- Confirmed in the wild
- Published
- 29 Mar 20188 years ago
Known exploited
CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 3 Nov 2021 and links it to ransomware activity. US federal agencies had to remediate by 3 May 2022, a deadline that has passed.
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Description
Drupal before 7.58, 8.x before 8.3.9, 8.4.x before 8.4.6, and 8.5.x before 8.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because of an issue affecting multiple subsystems with default or common module configurations.
Details
- Vendor
- Drupal and 1 more
- Product
- Drupal before 7.58, 8.x before 8.3.9, 8.4.x before 8.4.6, and 8.5.x before 8.5.1
- Weakness
- CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)
- Status
- Analyzed
- Updated
- 17 Jun 2026
- Assigner
- mlhess@drupal.org
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References 21
Exploit code 4
Patches and fixes 1
Advisories 15
- securityfocus.com /bid/103534 (opens in a new tab)
- securitytracker.com /id/1040598 (opens in a new tab)
- badpackets.net /over-100000-drupal-websites-vulnerable-to-drupalgeddon-2-cve-2018-7600/ (opens in a new tab)
- blog.appsecco.com /remote-code-execution-with-drupal-core-sa-core-2018-002-95e6ecc0c714 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com /a2u/CVE-2018-7600 (opens in a new tab)
- greysec.net /showthread.php?tid=2912&pid=10561 (opens in a new tab)
- groups.drupal.org /security/faq-2018-002 (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00028.html (opens in a new tab)
7 more
- twitter.com /RicterZ/status/979567469726613504 (opens in a new tab)
- twitter.com /RicterZ/status/984495201354854401 (opens in a new tab)
- twitter.com /arancaytar/status/979090719003627521 (opens in a new tab)
- debian.org /security/2018/dsa-4156 (opens in a new tab)
- drupal.org /sa-core-2018-002 (opens in a new tab)
- synology.com /support/security/Synology_SA_18_17 (opens in a new tab)
- tenable.com /blog/critical-drupal-core-vulnerability-what-you-need-to-know (opens in a new tab)
The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.
Other Drupal CVEs
Every Drupal CVE we holdSame vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.
- CVE-2026-9082 Drupal Core SQL Injection Vulnerability KEV EPSS 16% 9.8, critical
- CVE-2020-13671 Drupal core Un-restricted Upload of File KEV EPSS 35% 8.8, high
- CVE-2019-6340 Drupal Core Remote Code Execution Vulnerability KEV EPSS 92% 8.1, high
- CVE-2018-7602 Drupal Core Remote Code Execution Vulnerability KEV EPSS 99% 9.8, critical
Beyond this page
Is CVE-2018-7600 in your network?
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CVE-2018-7600 is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities: attackers are already exploiting it.
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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 16 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.