Path Traversal in Seeddms
CVE-2018-12939
A directory traversal flaw in SeedDMS (formerly LetoDMS and MyDMS) before 5.1.8 allows an authenticated attacker to write to (or potentially delete) arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the "op/op.UploadChunks.php" "qquuid" parameter. NOTE: this can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code by using CVE-2018-12940.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.020 (79.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 79.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.contextis.com/resources/advisories/cve-2018-12939 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- sourceforge.net/p/seeddms/code/ci/seeddms-5.1.x/tree/CHANGELOG (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-12939?
- CVE-2018-12939 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Seeddms, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-07-31.
- How severe is CVE-2018-12939?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-12939 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.