THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-13864
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-13864

Play Framework vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.4%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
A directory traversal vulnerability has been found in the Assets controller in Play Framework 2.6.12 through 2.6.15 (fixed in 2.6.16) when running on Windows. It allows a remote attacker to download arbitrary files from the target server via specially crafted HTTP requests.
Affected vendor
Lightbend
Affected product
Play Framework
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2018-07-17

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.

Its EPSS score of 3.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-13864

  • Confirm whether Lightbend Play Framework is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-13864.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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