Path Traversal in Red Hat, Inc. Undertow As Shipped In Jboss Eap 7.1.0.ga

CVE-2018-1048

It was found that the AJP connector in undertow, as shipped in Jboss EAP 7.1.0.GA, does not use the ALLOW_ENCODED_SLASH option and thus allow the the slash / anti-slash characters encoded in the url which may lead to path traversal and result in the information disclosure of arbitrary local files.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.7th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-1048: held from 0.016 to 0.016.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1048?
CVE-2018-1048 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat, Inc. Undertow As Shipped In Jboss Eap 7.1.0.ga, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-01-24.
How severe is CVE-2018-1048?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.