CVE-2017-1000490: acquia mautic Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-1000490 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Path Traversal vulnerability in acquia mautic. EPSS estimates a 1.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 03-01-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 16-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Mautic versions 1.0.0 - 2.11.0 are vulnerable to allowing any authorized Mautic user session (must be logged into Mautic) to use the Filemanager to download any file from the server that the web user has access to.

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.