THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-12976
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2018-12976

Go Doc Dot Org vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
4.5%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
In Go Doc Dot Org (gddo) through 2018-06-27, an attacker could use specially crafted <go-import> tags in packages being fetched by gddo to cause a directory traversal and remote code execution.
Affected vendor
Godoc
Affected product
Go Doc Dot Org
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2018-07-05

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-12976

  • Confirm whether Godoc Go Doc Dot Org is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-12976.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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