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CVE-2018-14957 (GCVE-0-2018-14957)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-28 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 09:46
VLAI
Summary
CMS ISWEB 3.5.3 is vulnerable to directory traversal and local file download, as demonstrated by moduli/downloadFile.php?file=oggetto_documenti/../.././inc/config.php (one can take the control of the application because credentials are present in that config.php file).
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2018-09-26 00:00
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