CVE-2018-14056 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

ZNC before 1.7.1-rc1 is prone to a path traversal flaw via ../ in a web skin name to access files outside of the intended skins directories.

Published: 2018-07-15

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: 2.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:znc:znc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-1427-1	znc security update
Debian DSA	DSA-4252-1	znc security update
EUVD	EUVD-2018-5982	ZNC before 1.7.1-rc1 is prone to a path traversal flaw via ../ in a web skin name to access files outside of the intended skins directories.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02017.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/znc/znc/commit/a4a5aeeb17d32937d8c7d743dae9a4cc755ce773
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201807-03
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4252

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux

Znc Znc

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-07-15T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T09:21:40.875Z

Reserved: 2018-07-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-14056

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-07-15T01:29:03.633

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:40:34.163

Link: CVE-2018-14056

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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