CVE-2018-10827 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published 9 May 2018 Updated 5 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause denial of service by triggering memory exhaustion through requests to non-existent URIs in LiteCart.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2018-10827?

CVE-2018-10827 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 May 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

LiteCart before 2.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via URIs that do not exist, because public_html/logs/not_found.log grows without bound, and is loaded into memory for each request.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10827?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Litecart Litecart.

How do I fix CVE-2018-10827?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-10827 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2018-10827 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10827 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-v6q2-vrq7-xprq.