CVE-2018-2366 Path traversal in SAP Business Process Automation (BPA) By Redwood

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Attackers can exploit insufficient path validation in SAP BPA to traverse directories and access or modify unauthorized files.

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-2018-2366?

CVE-2018-2366 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in SAP Business Process Automation (BPA) By Redwood, published on 14 Mar 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

SAP Business Process Automation (BPA) By Redwood, 9.0, 9.1, allows an attacker to exploit insufficient validation of path information provided by users, thus characters representing 'traverse to parent directory' are passed through to the file APIs.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-2366?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Redwood Sap Business Process Automation.

How do I fix CVE-2018-2366?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-2366 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-2018-2366 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2366 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mg6c-9wrm-f57p.

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