CVE-2018-18382

HIGH

Advanced HRM 1.6 - Remote Code Execution via User Avatar Upload

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-18382. PoCs published by Renos Nikolaou.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in Advanced HRM 1.6, allowing remote code execution by uploading a malicious PHP file through the profile picture update feature. The PoC includes a simple PHP shell and the HTTP request used to upload it.

Description

Advanced HRM 1.6 allows Remote Code Execution via PHP code in a .php file to the user/update-user-avatar URI, which can be accessed through an "Update Profile" "Change Picture" (aka user/edit-profile) action.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Renos Nikolaou · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45604

This exploit demonstrates an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in Advanced HRM 1.6, allowing remote code execution by uploading a malicious PHP file through the profile picture update feature. The PoC includes a simple PHP shell and the HTTP request used to upload it.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Advanced HRM 1.6
Auth required
Prerequisites: Valid low-privilege user credentials · Access to the profile picture upload functionality
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45604/

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0270
EPSS Percentile 84.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-434
Status published
Products (1)
coderpixel/advanced_hrm 1.6
Published Oct 16, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026