CVE-2018-9206
Unauthenticated arbitrary file upload vulnerability in Blueimp jQuery-File-Upload <= v9.22.0
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 97.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 5Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Unauthenticated arbitrary file upload vulnerability in Blueimp jQuery-File-Upload <= v9.22.0
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 3 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits7
Metasploit modules1 module
- blueimp's jQuery (Arbitrary) File Upload (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/unix/webapp/jquery_file_uploadRank excellentdisclosed 9 Oct 2018
Nuclei templates1 template
- Blueimp jQuery-File-Upload v9.22.0 - Unrestricted File Upload (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-9206.yamlSeverity critical
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Blueimp's jQuery File Upload 9.22.0 - Arbitrary File Upload Exploit (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 46182webapps, phppublished 16 Jan 2019Not verified
- blueimp's jQuery 9.22.0 - (Arbitrary) File Upload (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 45790remote, phppublished 6 Nov 2018Verified
- jQuery-File-Upload 9.22.0 - Arbitrary File Upload (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 45584webapps, phppublished 11 Oct 2018Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 46182 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 45790 (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
ID reserved
By larry_cashdollar
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 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)
- 97.3% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
Blueimp · Blueimp jQuery-File-Upload
- affected unspecified – ≤ 9.22.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmblueimp-file-uploadGHSA-4cj8-g9cp-v5wr (opens in a new tab)
References
9
- 106629 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 46182 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9136 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 45790 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://www.vapidlabs.com/advisory.php?v=204 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 105679 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://github.com/psolom/RichFilemanager/issues/412 (opens in a new tab)
- https://github.com/psolom/RichFilemanager/issues/354 (opens in a new tab)
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)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-0499 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-4cj8-g9cp-v5wr (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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