CVE-2018-13818

Exp

Twig before 2.4.4 allows Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) via the search search_key parameter. NOTE: the vendor points out that Twig itself is not a web application and states that it is the responsibility of web applications using Twig to properly wrap input to it

Published: 2018-07-10 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2018-13818 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.54%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2018-13818

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-13818

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-01-24 0.56% 0.54% -0.03%
2 2025-11-21 2.21% 0.56% -1.65%
3 2025-10-07 2.21%

Full EPSS history (22 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-13818

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.0 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 5.9 [email protected]
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-13818

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-13818

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-13818 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (php-twig, twig), 32 status rows across 17 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 15, not-affected 14, ignored 1, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-13818

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-13818

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
symfony twig < 2.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:symfony:twig:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-13818

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