# CVE-2018-7109: Path traversal in HPE enhanced Internet Usage Manager (eIUM)

> Remote attackers can arbitrarily modify files in HPE enhanced Internet Usage Manager, requiring a cumulative patch for mitigation.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Sep 2018
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-33wm-j2gm-rj23

## What is CVE-2018-7109?

CVE-2018-7109 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE enhanced Internet Usage Manager (eIUM), published on 27 Sep 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

HPE has addressed a remote arbitrary file modification vulnerability in HPE enhanced Internet Usage Manager (eIUM) v9.0FP1 with the cumulative patch for v9.0FP1 - eIUM90FP01XXX.YYYYMMDD-HHMM.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-7109?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hp Enhanced Internet Usage Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-7109?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-7109 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-7109 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7109 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE enhanced Internet Usage Manager (eIUM)

- [CVE-2019-11997](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11997/): Cross-site scripting in HPE enhanced Internet Usage Manager (eIUM) (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-7109 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-7109 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE enhanced Internet Usage Manager (eIUM), published on 27 Sep 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7109 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE enhanced Internet Usage Manager (eIUM). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7109/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7109/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7109
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7109
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-7109

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