CVE-2018-14806 Path traversal in Advantech WebAccess
Path traversal in Advantech WebAccess allows attackers to execute arbitrary code, posing a critical risk to industrial control systems.
- 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-2018-14806?
CVE-2018-14806 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in Advantech Webaccess, published on 23 Oct 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Advantech WebAccess 8.3.1 and earlier has a path traversal vulnerability which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-14806?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Advantech Webaccess.
How do I fix CVE-2018-14806?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-14806 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-2018-14806 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-14806 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Advantech Webaccess
- CVE-2014-9208 Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in unspecified DLL files in Advantech WebAccess before 8.0.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitra
- CVE-2021-33023 Advantech WebAccess
- CVE-2021-38389 Advantech WebAccess
- CVE-2021-38408 Memory corruption in Advantech WebAccess
- CVE-2020-12019 Memory corruption in WebAccess Node
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j92m-hfq7-r8cj.