Path Traversal in Open-Xchange Appsuite

CVE-2018-5755

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the readerengine component in Open-Xchange OX App Suite before 7.6.3-rev3, 7.8.x before 7.8.2-rev4, 7.8.3 before 7.8.3-rev5, and 7.8.4 before 7.8.4-rev4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in a formula in a spreadsheet.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.080 (94.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Exploit, x_refsource_FULLDISC, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5755?
CVE-2018-5755 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Open-Xchange Appsuite, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-06-16.
How severe is CVE-2018-5755?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-5755 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.