CVE-2018-1000533

Description

klaussilveira GitList version <= 0.6 contains a Passing incorrectly sanitized input to system function vulnerability in `searchTree` function that can result in Execute any code as PHP user. This attack appear to be exploitable via Send POST request using search form. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 0.7 after commit 87b8c26b023c3fc37f0796b14bb13710f397b322.

Public exploits

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Metasploit 1 module

GitList v0.6.0 Argument Injection Vulnerability
exploit/multi/http/gitlist_arg_injection

GitHub 1 repository

dddo0/CVE-2018-1000533 ★ 0 · Jun 27, 2026

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Automated scanner template

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GitList < 0.6.0 Remote Code Execution http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-1000533.yaml

Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.

klaussilveira GitList version <= 0.6 contains a Passing incorrectly sanitized input to system function vulnerability in `searchTree` functi…