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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-18573

osCommerce 2.3.4.1 has an incomplete '.htaccess' for blacklist filtering in the "product" page. Remote authenticated administrators can upload new '.htaccess' files (e.g., omitting .php) and subsequently achieve arbitrary PHP code execution via a /catalog/admin/categories.php?cPath=&action=new_product URI.

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CVE-2018-18573
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1 Nov 2026, 08:42 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-18573

core-osv · Original source

Published 22 Aug 2019, 15:15 UTC

osCommerce 2.3.4.1 has an incomplete '.htaccess' for blacklist filtering in the "product" page. Remote authenticated administrators can upload new '.htaccess' files (e.g., omitting .php) and subsequently achieve arbitrary PHP code execution via a /catalog/admin/categories.php?cPath=&action=new_product URI.

osv:CVE-2018-18573
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-18573",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-18573",
    "summary": "osCommerce 2.3.4.1 has an incomplete '.htaccess' for blacklist filtering in the \"product\" page. Remote authenticated administrators can upload new '.htaccess' files (e.g., omitting .php) and subsequently achieve arbitrary PHP code execution via a /catalog/admin/categories.php?cPath=&action=new_product URI.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-18573",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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                },
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              ],
              "database_specific": {
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              }
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.3.4.1",
            "v2.3.4.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-18573.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:49:38.475855154Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/osCommerce/oscommerce2/issues/631"
      ],
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                  }
                ],
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              }
            ]
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        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-18573",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 441783,
  "published_at": "2019-08-22T15:15:12.03+00:00"
}