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critical 9.9

CVE-2018-18809 kev in the critical feed json

TIBCO JasperReports Library Directory Traversal Vulnerability

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-10525

cvss
9.9
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2022-12-29
epss
79.1%
EPSS 79.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.6%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

The default server implementation of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO JasperReports Library, TIBCO JasperReports Library Community Edition, TIBCO JasperReports Library for ActiveMatrix BPM, TIBCO JasperReports Server, TIBCO JasperReports Server Community Edition, TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM, TIBCO Jaspersoft for AWS with Multi-Tenancy, and TIBCO Jaspersoft Reporting and Analytics for AWS contains a directory-traversal vulnerability that may theoretically allow web server users to access contents of the host system. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO JasperReports Library: versions up to and including 6.3.4; 6.4.1; 6.4.2; 6.4.21; 7.1.0; 7.2.0, TIBCO JasperReports Library Community Edition: versions up to and including 6.7.0, TIBCO JasperReports Library for ActiveMatrix BPM: versions up to and including 6.4.21, TIBCO JasperReports Server: versions up to and including 6.3.4; 6.4.0; 6.4.1; 6.4.2; 6.4.3; 7.1.0, TIBCO JasperReports Server Community Edition: versions up to and including 6.4.3; 7.1.0, TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM: versions up to and including 6.4.3, TIBCO Jaspersoft for AWS with Multi-Tenancy: versions up to and including 7.1.0, TIBCO Jaspersoft Reporting and Analytics for AWS: versions up to and including 7.1.0.

Patch / fix

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. Added to CISA KEV
  3. CISA patch deadline
  4. CISA SSVC: exploitation active

Known exploited

Added
3y ago
Patch by
2023-01-19 (3y ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vendor, product
TIBCO, JasperReports
CISA name
TIBCO JasperReports Library Directory Traversal Vulnerability

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

79.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Nuclei template TIBCO JasperReports Library - Directory Traversal nuclei detection template
  • security.elarlang.eu https://security.elarlang.eu/cve-2018-18809-path-traversal-in-tibco-jaspersoft.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • cybersecurityworks.com https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2018-18809-tibco.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 9.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Library
  • TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Library Community Edition
  • TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Library for ActiveMatrix BPM
  • TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Server
  • TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Server Community Edition
  • TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM
  • TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO Jaspersoft for AWS with Multi-Tenancy
  • TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO Jaspersoft Reporting and Analytics for AWS

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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