Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2018-10082 is an information disclosure issue in CMS Made Simple through 2.2.7. Certain malformed or direct web requests can reveal the server’s physical filesystem path. This usually does not grant access by itself, but it can help attackers tailor follow-on attacks or expose sensitive deployment details.
Executive priority
Treat this as a low-priority remediation unless it affects a public CMSMS site or appears with other weaknesses. It is mainly a reconnaissance aid, but public-facing legacy CMS deployments should still be cleaned up.
Technical view
The CVE describes physical path leakage in CMSMS through 2.2.7 through invalid page/search request handling and direct access to specific PHP files. The source bundle provides no CVSS score, CWE mapping, vendor advisory, patch details, or confirmed fixed version.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely on internet-facing CMS Made Simple installations running through version 2.2.7. The affected metadata is incomplete, so teams should validate CMSMS usage and version from asset inventory, code repositories, and web fingerprints.
Exploitation context
CISA KEV is false, and the supplied sources do not report active exploitation. A public reference exists, but the evidence supports only that request patterns were publicly documented, not that broad exploitation occurred.
Researcher notes
The record is sparse: no CVSS, CWE, vendor/product CPE, patch note, or exploitation confirmation is included. Analysis should stay limited to CMSMS through 2.2.7 and physical path disclosure from the described request handling.
Mitigation direction
- Identify CMS Made Simple deployments and confirm their versions.
- Review CMS Made Simple vendor guidance for fixed versions or recommended configuration changes.
- Upgrade affected CMSMS instances according to vendor guidance where applicable.
- Ensure production PHP/application errors do not expose filesystem paths in HTTP responses.
- Restrict public access to administrative or internal PHP files where supported.
Validation and detection
- Check asset inventory for CMS Made Simple through version 2.2.7.
- Review web logs for path-disclosure errors from CMSMS endpoints.
- Test only authorized staging systems for path disclosure in error responses.
- Confirm production error display is disabled or sanitized.
- Document whether exposed instances are internet-facing or internal only.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/itodaro/cve/blob/master/README.mdCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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CWE details
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