Critical
Security advisory
Shell Metacharacter Injection in www/modules/save.php in FruityWifi (aka PatatasFritas/PatataWifi) through 2.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges via a crafted mod_name parameter in a POST request. NOTE: unlike in CVE-2018-17317, the attacker does not need a valid session.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-19168
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 09:41 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Shell Metacharacter Injection in www/modules/save.php in FruityWifi (aka PatatasFritas/PatataWifi) through 2.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges via a crafted mod_name parameter in a POST request. NOTE: unlike in CVE-2018-17317, the attacker does not need a valid session.
osv:CVE-2018-19168
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-19168",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "CVE-2018-19168",
"summary": "Shell Metacharacter Injection in www/modules/save.php in FruityWifi (aka PatatasFritas/PatataWifi) through 2.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges via a crafted mod_name parameter in a POST request. NOTE: unlike in CVE-2018-17317, the attacker does not need a valid session.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-19168",
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"severity": "critical",
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"metrics": [
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"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
}
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"affected": [
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"database_specific": {
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}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:34.611281962Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://github.com/xtr4nge/FruityWifi/issues/250"
],
"provider_metadata": {}
},
"related_cves": [
{
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"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 379523,
"published_at": "2018-11-11T00:29:00.183+00:00"
}