CVE-2020-7858 AquaNPlayer directory traversing vulnerability
An attacker can exploit a directory traversal flaw in AquaNPlayer to view arbitrary host files, leading to information leakage.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-7858?
CVE-2020-7858 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in cdnetworks AquaNPlayer, published on 22 Apr 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
There is a directory traversing vulnerability in the download page url of AquaNPlayer 2.0.0.92. The IP of the download page url is localhost and an attacker can traverse directories using "dot dot" sequences(../../) to view host file on the system. This vulnerability can cause information leakage.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7858?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cdnetworks Aquanplayer.
How do I fix CVE-2020-7858?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-7858 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-2020-7858 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7858 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r8fq-3rxw-xrq5.