CVE-2018-14933
upgrade_handle.php on NUUO NVRmini devices allows Remote Command Execution via shell metacharacters in the uploaddir parameter for a…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 94.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.1% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 18 Dec 2024
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
upgrade_handle.php on NUUO NVRmini devices allows Remote Command Execution via shell metacharacters in the uploaddir parameter for a writeuploaddir command.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as NUUO NVRmini Devices OS Command Injection Vulnerability.
- Added
- 18 Dec 2024
- Fix due (US federal)
- 8 Jan 2025
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
The impacted product is end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue utilization of the product.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 18 Dec 2024.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module, a Nuclei template and an Exploit-DB entry for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- NUUO NVRmini upgrade_handle.php Remote Command Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/nuuo_nvrmini_upgrade_rceRank excellentdisclosed 4 Aug 2018
Nuclei templates1 template
- NUUO NVRmini - Remote Command Execution (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-14933.yamlSeverity critical
Exploit-DB1 entry
- NUUO NVRmini - upgrade_handle.php Remote Command Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 46340remote, phppublished 11 Feb 2019Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 45070 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 46340 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 10 months later
· 10 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 94.8% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
3
- 45070 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 46340 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-14933 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-6815 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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