CVE-2018-7602: Drupal Core Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name: Drupal Core Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Drupal
Product: Core
Added to the catalog: 2022-04-13
Due date for US federal agencies: 2022-05-04
Catalog version: 2026.10.30

A remote code execution vulnerability exists within multiple subsystems of Drupal that can allow attackers to exploit multiple attack vectors on a Drupal site.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Ransomware use: CISA marks this vulnerability as known to be used in ransomware campaigns. CISA does not say which group used it.

Links in CISA's notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7602

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NVD analysis

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2018-07-19T17:29:00.373
Last modified: 2026-10-02T14:54:58.763
Weaknesses: NVD-CWE-noinfo, CWE-94

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.

Metric	Score	Severity	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	9.8	CRITICAL	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	[email protected] (Primary)
CVSS 3.1	8.1	HIGH	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0	7.5	HIGH	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	[email protected] (Primary)

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103985 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040754 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00030.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4180 (Third Party Advisory)
https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2018-004 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44542/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44557/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103985 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040754 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00030.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4180 (Third Party Advisory)
https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2018-004 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44542/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44557/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-7602 (US Government Resource)

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CVE record

Title (CNA): Drupal core - Highly critical - Remote Code Execution - SA-CORE-2018-004
Assigner: drupal
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2018-07-19T17:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-01T20:28:55.110Z
Problem types: Remote code Execution

References

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GitHub Advisory Database

GHSA-297x-j9pm-xjgg: Drupal Core Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Severity (GitHub): critical
CVSS: 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H
Weaknesses: CWE-94
Published: 2024-04-23T22:36:09Z
Updated: 2025-10-22T17:38:00Z

composer drupal/core: affected >= 7.0, < 7.59, first patched 7.59
composer drupal/core: affected >= 8.0, < 8.4.8, first patched 8.4.8
composer drupal/core: affected >= 8.5, < 8.5.3, first patched 8.5.3
composer drupal/drupal: affected >= 7.0, < 7.59, first patched 7.59
composer drupal/drupal: affected >= 8.0, < 8.4.8, first patched 8.4.8
composer drupal/drupal: affected >= 8.5, < 8.5.3, first patched 8.5.3

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Also known as / affected packages

GHSA-297x-j9pm-xjgg

Also known as: CVE-2018-7602. OSV.dev record, GitHub advisory.

Packagist drupal/core: introduced 7.0, fixed 7.59
Packagist drupal/core: introduced 8.0, fixed 8.4.8
Packagist drupal/core: introduced 8.5, fixed 8.5.3
Packagist drupal/drupal: introduced 7.0, fixed 7.59
Packagist drupal/drupal: introduced 8.0, fixed 8.4.8
Packagist drupal/drupal: introduced 8.5, fixed 8.5.3

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Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)

D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.

CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Harden: Credential Scrubbing (acts on Subroutine)
Restore: Restore Software (acts on Software)
Harden: Domain Logic Validation (acts on Subroutine)
Model: Software Inventory (acts on Software)
Harden: Software Update (acts on Software)
Harden: Trusted Library (acts on Subroutine)
Harden: Variable Initialization (acts on Subroutine)
Model: Asset Vulnerability Enumeration (acts on Software)
Isolate: Application-based Process Isolation (acts on Subroutine)

D3FEND ontology version 1.6.0.

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Sources and licences

CISA
Source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30, CC0 1.0. Use of this data does not imply endorsement by CISA or DHS.
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National Vulnerability Database (NIST)
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GitHub Advisory Database
Source: GitHub Advisory Database, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-297x-j9pm-xjgg, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Changes: fields selected and reformatted by ransomware-tracker.com.
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GitHub Advisory Database via OSV.dev
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Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2018-7602: Drupal Core Remote Code Execution Vulnerability",
entity page, dataset version ref-174b2f8f6f6d, updated 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2018-7602 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30.
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-10-02T14:54:58.763.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2026-10-01T20:28:55.110Z.
Underlying source: GitHub Advisory Database, GHSA-297x-j9pm-xjgg, updated 2025-10-22T17:38:00Z.
Underlying source: GitHub Advisory Database, GHSA-297x-j9pm-xjgg, via OSV.dev, modified 2025-12-10T23:41:10.391859Z.
Underlying source: MITRE D3FEND, ontology version 1.6.0.

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