THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-15536
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2018-15536

Responsive Filemanager vulnerability

CVSS
5.5
EPSS
6.4%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
/filemanager/ajax_calls.php in tecrail Responsive FileManager before 9.13.4 does not properly validate file paths in archives, allowing for the extraction of crafted archives to overwrite arbitrary files via an extract action, aka Directory Traversal.
Affected vendor
Tecrail
Affected product
Responsive Filemanager
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2018-08-24

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 6.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-15536

  • Confirm whether Tecrail Responsive Filemanager is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-15536.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

How ThreatPort helps with CVE-2018-15536

ThreatPort's external attack surface scanner checks your internet-facing assets — agentlessly, from the outside in — for the exposed services and versions that CVE-2018-15536 affects, then prioritises the finding by real risk using CISA KEV and FIRST.org EPSS.

Run a free external exposure scan

Are you exposed to CVE-2018-15536?

Run an instant, non-intrusive external scan to check your attack surface for CVE-2018-15536.

Start free scan

No credit card. Agentless.