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CVE-2018-7490

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 69.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-02-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

uWSGI before 2.0.17 mishandles a DOCUMENT_ROOT check during use of the --php-docroot option, allowing directory traversal.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
• Unbit Uwsgi: before 2.0.17 — fixed in 2.0.17

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Unbit Uwsgi 2.0.17. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://uwsgi-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Changelog-2.0.17.html
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4142
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44223/
• https://uwsgi-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Changelog-2.0.17.html
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4142
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44223/

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