CVE-2018-18387

HIGH

playSMS < 1.4.2 - Privilege Escalation via Daemon Abuse

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-18387. PoCs published by TheeBlind.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit abuses a privilege escalation vulnerability in playSMS <= 1.4.2 by injecting a reverse shell into the init.php file, which is included by a root-run daemon. The attacker must have write access to the playSMS directory and the daemon must be running as root.

Description

playSMS through 1.4.2 allows Privilege Escalation through Daemon abuse.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC 5 stars
by TheeBlind · poc
https://github.com/TheeBlind/CVE-2018-18387

This exploit abuses a privilege escalation vulnerability in playSMS <= 1.4.2 by injecting a reverse shell into the init.php file, which is included by a root-run daemon. The attacker must have write access to the playSMS directory and the daemon must be running as root.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: playSMS <= 1.4.2
Auth required
Prerequisites: Write access to playSMS directory · Daemon running as root
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Mitigation, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/TheeBlind/CVE-2018-18387

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0180
EPSS Percentile 75.5%
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-829
Status published
Products (1)
playsms_project/playsms < 1.4.2
Published Oct 29, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026