Path traversal in REXPERT - CVE-2019-17324
Published: October 31, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22447
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17324
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ClipSoft
Affected software:
REXPERT
REXPERT
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP POST request with ../ characters and create malicious HTML file, because they can inject a content with crafted template.
Note: To exploit this vulnerability the target must visit a malicious web page.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-17324
Install updates from vendor's website.