CVE-2018-11798 (GCVE-0-2018-11798)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-01-07 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 08:17
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Summary
The Apache Thrift Node.js static web server in versions 0.9.2 through 0.11.0 have been determined to contain a security vulnerability in which a remote user has the ability to access files outside the set webservers docroot path.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Improper Access Control
Assigner
apache CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 76/100 over 1004 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Thrift Affected: Apache Thrift 0.9.2 to 0.11.0
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Date Public
2019-01-07 00:00
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