Path traversal in SiNVR 3 Central Control Server (CCS) - CVE-2019-18338
Published: December 13, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23597
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-18338
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Siemens
Affected software:
SiNVR 3 Central Control Server (CCS)
SiNVR 3 Central Control Server (CCS)
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 in the XML-based communication protocol as provided by default on ports 5444/tcp and 5440/tcp. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and list arbitrary directories or read files outside of the CCS application context.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-18338
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.