What is CVE-2018-12909?

CVE-2018-12909 is a high-severity vulnerability in Webgrind Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-06-27.

How severe is CVE-2018-12909?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-12909 known to be exploited?

14 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Webgrind Project

CVE-2018-12909

Webgrind 1.5 relies on user input to display a file, which lets anyone view files from the local filesystem (that the webserver user has access to) via an index.php?op=fileviewer&file= URI. NOTE: the vendor indicates that the product is not intended for a "publicly accessible environment.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.186 (97.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Webgrind_project Webgrind — versions 1.5.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12909?: CVE-2018-12909 is a high-severity vulnerability in Webgrind Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-06-27.
How severe is CVE-2018-12909?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-12909 known to be exploited?: 14 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.