CVE-2018-1048

HIGHEPSS 74th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

Description

It was found that the AJP connector in undertow, as shipped in Jboss EAP 7.1.0.GA, does not use the ALLOW_ENCODED_SLASH option and thus allow the the slash / anti-slash characters encoded in the url which may lead to path traversal and result in the information disclosure of arbitrary local files.

CWE-22Path Traversal CWE-116

How to fix

Remediation Available

undertowDebian

Fixed in:1.4.22-1CVE-2018-1048

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.59%probability of exploitation in 30 days

74thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 74% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory5

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Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2018-1048?

Upgrade undertow on debian unstable to 1.4.22-1 or later.

Is CVE-2018-1048 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2018-1048 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.6% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 74% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2018-1048?

CVE-2018-1048 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2018-1048 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for undertow (Debian). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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