7.5
HIGH
CVE-2018-17605
Grails Asset Pipeline Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Description

An issue was discovered in the Asset Pipeline plugin before 3.0.4 for Grails. An attacker can perform directory traversal via a crafted request when a servlet-based application is executed in Jetty, because there is a classloader vulnerability that can allow a reverse file traversal route in AssetPipelineFilter.groovy or AssetPipelineFilterCore.groovy.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 28, 2018, 9:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

Dec. 28, 2018, 3:24 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-17605 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Asset_pipeline_project asset-pipeline
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/bertramdev/asset-pipeline/commit/a29533c52e4b60e244082433e116d2a038d01017 Patch
https://github.com/grails/grails-core/issues/11068 Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-17605 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 28, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/grails/grails-core/issues/11068 No Types Assigned https://github.com/grails/grails-core/issues/11068 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/bertramdev/asset-pipeline/commit/a29533c52e4b60e244082433e116d2a038d01017 No Types Assigned https://github.com/bertramdev/asset-pipeline/commit/a29533c52e4b60e244082433e116d2a038d01017 Patch
    Added CWE CWE-22
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:asset_pipeline_project:asset-pipeline:*:*:*:*:*:grails:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.0.4
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.12 }} -0.05%

score

0.47736

percentile

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