CVE-2018-2380 SAP Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Path Traversal

Exploited in the wild Medium 6.6 Published 1 Mar 2018 Updated 21 Oct 2025

An attacker can exploit insufficient path validation in SAP CRM to traverse directories and access or modify unauthorized files.

Exploited in the wild: Since 3 Nov 2021
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2018-2380?

CVE-2018-2380 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in SAP CRM, published on 1 Mar 2018. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

SAP CRM, 7.01, 7.02,7.30, 7.31, 7.33, 7.54, 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-2018-2380?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sap Customer Relationship Management.

How do I fix CVE-2018-2380?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-2380 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 3 May 2022.

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

Is CVE-2018-2380 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2018-2380 in the wild since at least 3 Nov 2021, including in ransomware campaigns.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-22j7-69m5-2pqh.