# CVE-2018-15610: Improper access controls in IP Office one-X Portal

> Authenticated attackers can read and delete arbitrary files in Avaya IP Office one-X Portal due to improper access controls.

- **Severity:** High 7.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Sep 2018
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** CVE-2018-8812, GHSA-j59g-53xm-7h2j

## What is CVE-2018-15610?

CVE-2018-15610 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Avaya IP Office, published on 12 Sep 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the one-X Portal component of Avaya IP Office allows an authenticated attacker to read and delete arbitrary files on the system. Affected versions of Avaya IP Office include 9.1 through 9.1 SP12, 10.0 through 10.0 SP7, and 10.1 through 10.1 SP2.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory), CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-15610?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Avaya Ip Office.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-15610?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-15610 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-15610 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-15610 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Avaya IP Office

- [CVE-2024-4196](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4196/): Avaya IP Office Web Control RCE Vulnerability (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-4197](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4197/): Avaya IP Office One-X Portal File Upload Vulnerability (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2017-11309](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-11309/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2021-25657](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25657/): Avaya IP Office Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2018-15614](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15614/): IP Office one-X Portal XSS (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-15610 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-15610 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Avaya IP Office, published on 12 Sep 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-15610 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Avaya IP Office. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15610/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15610/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-15610
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15610
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-15610

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15610/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.