CVE-2018-1999009 October CMS Local File Inclusion

What is CVE-2018-1999009?

CVE-2018-1999009 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Octobercms October, published on 23 Jul 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

October CMS version prior to Build 437 contains a Local File Inclusion vulnerability in modules/system/traits/ViewMaker.php#244 (makeFileContents function) that can result in Sensitive information disclosure and remote code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable remotely if the /backend path is accessible. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in Build 437.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1999009?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including october/october. It affects 1 product.

Products include Octobercms October.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1999009?

Upgrade october/october to 1.0.437 or later.

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

Is CVE-2018-1999009 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1999009 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Octobercms October

• CVE-2021-32648 October CMS Improper Authentication Exploited High 8.2
• CVE-2021-3311 October CMS Session ID not invalidated after logout Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-1000194 October CMS File Upload Vulnerability Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-1000196 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-1000197 Path traversal in n/a Critical 9.8

All Octobercms October vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-v7cr-w5v6-6659.