CVE-2018-20303 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In pkg/tool/path.go in Gogs before 0.11.82.1218, a directory traversal in the file-upload functionality can allow an attacker to create a file under data/sessions on the server, a similar issue to CVE-2018-18925.

Published: 2018-12-20

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 3.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gogs:gogs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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
EUVD	EUVD-2022-3398	In pkg/tool/path.go in Gogs before 0.11.82.1218, a directory traversal in the file-upload functionality can allow an attacker to create a file under data/sessions on the server, a similar issue to CVE-2018-18925.
Github GHSA	GHSA-9hxg-w7qf-hh93	Gogs Directory Traversal

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03202.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/gogs/gogs/commit/ff93d9dbda5cebe90d86e4b7dfb2c6b8642970ce
https://github.com/gogs/gogs/issues/5558
https://pentesterlab.com/exercises/cve-2018-18925/

History

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Subscriptions

Gogs Gogs

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-12-20T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T11:58:18.905Z

Reserved: 2018-12-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-20303

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-12-20T00:29:00.350

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:52:35.247

Link: CVE-2018-20303

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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