Path traversal in ZNC - CVE-2018-14056
Published: July 30, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14123
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14056
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ZNC
Affected software:
ZNC
ZNC
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to path traversal flaw when handling malicious input passed via ../ in a web skin name. A remote unauthenticated attacker can supply specially crafted input to access files outside of the intended skins directories.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-14056
Update to version 1.7.1.