Path Traversal in Sympa
CVE-2018-1000550
The Sympa Community Sympa version prior to version 6.2.32 contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in wwsympa.fcgi template editing function that can result in Possibility to create or modify files on the server filesystem. This attack appear to be exploitable via HTTP GET/POST request. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 6.2.32.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.026 (84.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sympa
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- sympa-community.github.io/security/2018-001.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4285 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00033.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/4442-1/ (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-1000550?
- CVE-2018-1000550 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Sympa, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-26.
- How severe is CVE-2018-1000550?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.