CVE-2018-1000850: squareup retrofit

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-1000850 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in squareup retrofit. EPSS estimates a 4.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 20-12-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Square Retrofit version versions from (including) 2.0 and 2.5.0 (excluding) contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in RequestBuilder class, method addPathParameter that can result in By manipulating the URL an attacker could add or delete resources otherwise unavailable to her.. This attack appear to be exploitable via An attacker should have access to an encoded path parameter on POST, PUT or DELETE request.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.5.0 and later.

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted DirectoryThe 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.