What is CVE-2018-16485?

CVE-2018-16485 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hackerone M-Server, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-02-01.

How severe is CVE-2018-16485?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-16485 known to be exploited?

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

Path Traversal in Hackerone M-Server

CVE-2018-16485

Path Traversal vulnerability in module m-server <1.4.1 allows malicious user to access unauthorized content of any file in the directory tree e.g. /etc/passwd by appending slashes to the URL request.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.013 (68.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Hackerone M-server — versions <1.4.1
M-server_project M-server

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ossf-cve-benchmark/CVE-2018-16485

References

support@hackerone.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16485?: CVE-2018-16485 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hackerone M-Server, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-16485?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-16485 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.