CVE-2018-5430 TIBCO JasperReports Server Information Disclosure

Exploited in the wild High 7.7 Published Updated

Authenticated users can exploit path traversal in Spring web flows to read sensitive configuration files and application contents.

Exploited in the wild
Since 29 Dec 2022
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-5430?

CVE-2018-5430 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in TIBCO JasperReports Server, published on 17 Apr 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Spring web flows of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO JasperReports Server, TIBCO JasperReports Server Community Edition, TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM, TIBCO Jaspersoft for AWS with Multi-Tenancy, and TIBCO Jaspersoft Reporting and Analytics for AWS contain a vulnerability which may allow any authenticated user read-only access to the contents of the web application, including key configuration files. Affected releases include TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO JasperReports Server: versions up to and including 6.2.4; 6.3.0; 6.3.2; 6.3.3;6.4.0; 6.4.2, TIBCO JasperReports Server Community Edition: versions up to and including 6.4.2, TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM: versions up to and including 6.4.2, TIBCO Jaspersoft for AWS with Multi-Tenancy: versions up to and including 6.4.2, TIBCO Jaspersoft Reporting and Analytics for AWS: versions up to and including 6.4.2.

Weakness: CWE-22, CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-5430?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Tibco Jasperreports Server, Tibco Jaspersoft, Tibco Jaspersoft Reporting and Analytics.

How do I fix CVE-2018-5430?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-5430 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 19 Jan 2023.

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

Is CVE-2018-5430 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2018-5430 in the wild since at least 29 Dec 2022.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-782f-h7v4-m7wc, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5430.

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