Directory Traversal Vulnerability in Apache Allura Web Application
CVE-2018-1299

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Apache
Status
Apache Allura
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 February 2018

What is CVE-2018-1299?

The Apache Allura web application prior to version 1.8.0 is susceptible to directory traversal attacks, allowing unauthenticated users to access arbitrary files on the server. While some web servers like Nginx, Apache/mod_wsgi, or paster can mitigate this issue, others such as gunicorn do not provide such safeguards, leaving systems running Apache Allura vulnerable to exploitation.

Affected Version(s)

Apache Allura 1.0.0 to 1.7.0

References

https://allura.apache.org/posts/2018-allura-1.8.0.html
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b52069073cf3cb0f84c9...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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