Path traversal in MCMS - CVE-2018-18831
Published: October 30, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36462
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18831
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ming-soft
Affected software:
MCMS
MCMS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
An issue was discovered in commingsoftcmsactionGeneraterAction.java in MCMS 4.6.5. An attacker can write a .jsp file (in the position parameter) to an arbitrary directory via a ../ Directory Traversal in the url parameter.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-18831
Install update from vendor's website.