CVE-2018-18812 TIBCO Spotfire Fails To Prevent Write Access to Spotfire Library

Medium 6.5 Published 16 Jan 2019 Updated 17 Sep 2024

Read-only users can modify files in the Spotfire Library when external storage is configured, allowing unauthorized data modification.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2018-18812?

CVE-2018-18812 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace, published on 16 Jan 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Spotfire Library component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace, and TIBCO Spotfire Server contains a vulnerability that might theoretically fail to restrict users with read-only access from modifying files stored in the Spotfire Library, only when the Spotfire Library is configured to use external storage. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace versions up to and including 10.0.0, and TIBCO Spotfire Server versions up to and including 7.10.1; 7.11.0; 7.11.1; 7.12.0; 7.13.0; 7.14.0; 10.0.0.

Weakness: CWE-732

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-18812?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Tibco Spotfire Analytics Platform for Aws, Tibco Spotfire Server.

How do I fix CVE-2018-18812?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-18812 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2018-18812 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-18812 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hx95-mp9p-369r.