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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-18950

KindEditor through 4.1.11 has a path traversal vulnerability in php/upload_json.php. Anyone can browse a file or directory in the kindeditor/attached/ folder via the path parameter without authentication.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:28 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-18950

core-osv · Original source

Published 5 Nov 2018, 09:29 UTC

KindEditor through 4.1.11 has a path traversal vulnerability in php/upload_json.php. Anyone can browse a file or directory in the kindeditor/attached/ folder via the path parameter without authentication.

osv:CVE-2018-18950
Complete source record
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