CVE-2018-1299 Path traversal in Apache Allura
Unauthenticated attackers can retrieve arbitrary files from Apache Allura when deployed with vulnerable web servers like gunicorn.
- 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-2018-1299?
CVE-2018-1299 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Apache Allura, published on 6 Feb 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Apache Allura before 1.8.0, unauthenticated attackers may retrieve arbitrary files through the Allura web application. Some webservers used with Allura, such as Nginx, Apache/mod_wsgi or paster may prevent the attack from succeeding. Others, such as gunicorn do not prevent it and leave Allura vulnerable.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1299?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apache Allura.
How do I fix CVE-2018-1299?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1299 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2018-1299 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1299 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2026-73239 Apache Allura: Missing permission checks IDOR
- CVE-2026-73237 Apache Allura: XSS in markdown pipeline
Sources
Also known as GHSA-693w-mp32-8pwq.