7.2
HIGH
CVE-2018-20465
Craft CMS Server-Side Template Injection Vulnerability
Description

Craft CMS through 3.0.34 allows remote authenticated administrators to read sensitive information via server-side template injection, as demonstrated by a {% string for craft.app.config.DB.user and craft.app.config.DB.password in the URI Format of the Site Settings, which causes a cleartext username and password to be displayed in a URI field.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 25, 2018, 11:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-20465 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 Craftcms craft_cms
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/blob/master/CHANGELOG-v3.md Release Notes
https://github.com/phuctam/Server-Side-Template-Injection-in-CraftCMS-/issues/1 Exploit Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-20465 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-200 CWE-200 CWE-311
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/craftcms/cms/blob/master/CHANGELOG-v3.md No Types Assigned https://github.com/craftcms/cms/blob/master/CHANGELOG-v3.md Release Notes
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/phuctam/Server-Side-Template-Injection-in-CraftCMS-/issues/1 No Types Assigned https://github.com/phuctam/Server-Side-Template-Injection-in-CraftCMS-/issues/1 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-200
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 3.0.34
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

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-20465 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Exploit Prediction

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

0.15 }} 0.00%

score

0.49525

percentile

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