CVE-2018-13864 Play Framework's Assets controller vulnerable to directory traversal

What is CVE-2018-13864?

CVE-2018-13864 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Jul 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A directory traversal vulnerability has been found in the Assets controller in Play Framework 2.6.12 through 2.6.15 (fixed in 2.6.16) when running on Windows. It allows a remote attacker to download arbitrary files from the target server via specially crafted HTTP requests.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-13864?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.typesafe.play:play_2.12. It affects 1 product.

Products include Lightbend Play Framework.

How do I fix CVE-2018-13864?

Upgrade com.typesafe.play:play_2.12 to 2.6.16 or later.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2018-13864 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-13864 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2014-3630 XML external entity in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-31018 Denial of service binding form from JSON in Play Framework High 7.5
• CVE-2020-26882 Data Amplification in Play Framework High 7.5
• CVE-2020-26883 Uncontrolled Recursion in Play Framework High 7.5
• CVE-2020-27196 Out-of-bounds Write in Play Framework High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-v4mq-p756-p4f5.