Path Traversal in Man-Cgi Project

CVE-2018-14429

man-cgi before 1.16 allows Local File Inclusion via absolute path traversal, as demonstrated by a cgi-bin/man-cgi?/etc/passwd URI.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.037 (88.7th 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

Man-cgi_project Man-cgi
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-14429?: CVE-2018-14429 is a high-severity vulnerability in Man-Cgi Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-08-14.
How severe is CVE-2018-14429?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.