CVE-2018-14056

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Published Jul 15, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 2.0% KEV · Not listed

Description

ZNC before 1.7.1-rc1 is prone to a path traversal flaw via ../ in a web skin name to access files outside of the intended skins directories.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:znc:znc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-1427-1	znc security update
Debian DSA	DSA-4252-1	znc security update
EUVD	EUVD-2018-5982	ZNC before 1.7.1-rc1 is prone to a path traversal flaw via ../ in a web skin name to access files outside of the intended skins directories.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.0% (2.017% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/znc/znc/commit/a4a5aeeb17d32937d8c7d743dae9a4cc755ce773
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201807-03
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4252

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux

Znc Znc

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 9:21 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jul 15, 2018, 1:00 AM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 9:21 AM
Reserved: Jul 14, 2018, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:40 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 15, 2018, 1:29 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:40 AM

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