CVE-2018-18323 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2018-18323?

CVE-2018-18323 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Control-Webpanel Webpanel, published on 15 Oct 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

CentOS-WebPanel.com (aka CWP) CentOS Web Panel 0.9.8.480 has Local File Inclusion via directory traversal with an admin/index.php?module=file_editor&file=/../ URI.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-18323?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Control-Webpanel Webpanel.

How do I fix CVE-2018-18323?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-18323 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-2018-18323 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-18323 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry and 1 Nuclei template.

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All Control-Webpanel Webpanel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-8r9g-67wv-ppph.