CVE-2018-5225

Q: How do I fix CVE-2018-5225?

Upgrade bitbucket to 5.8.2 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2018-5225 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2018-5225 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 3.5% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 88% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2018-5225?

CVE-2018-5225 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.9, rated critical. 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.

Q: What does CVE-2018-5225 affect?

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

CRITICALEPSS 88th pctl

9.9

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In browser editing in Atlassian Bitbucket Server from version 4.13.0 before 5.4.8 (the fixed version for 4.13.0 through 5.4.7), 5.5.0 before 5.5.8 (the fixed version for 5.5.x), 5.6.0 before 5.6.5 (the fixed version for 5.6.x), 5.7.0 before 5.7.3 (the fixed version for 5.7.x), and 5.8.0 before 5.8.2 (the fixed version for 5.8.x), allows authenticated users to gain remote code execution using the in browser editing feature via editing a symbolic link within a repository.

CWE-59Link Following

How to fix

Remediation Available

bitbucketNVD

Affected:>= 5.8.0, < 5.8.2Fixed in:5.8.2CVE-2018-5225derived from NVD

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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 RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

3.49%probability of exploitation in 30 days

88thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 88% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

Third-Party Advisory1

securityfocus.com

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Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2018-5225?

Upgrade bitbucket to 5.8.2 or later.

Is CVE-2018-5225 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2018-5225 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 3.5% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 88% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2018-5225?

CVE-2018-5225 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.9, rated critical. 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-2018-5225 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for bitbucket (NVD). 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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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.