PT-2018-12231 · Lightbend · Play Framework

Published 2018-07-17 · Updated 2022-05-13 · CVE-2018-13864

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Play Framework versions 2.6.12 through 2.6.15

Description A directory traversal issue has been found in the Assets controller when running on Windows, allowing a remote attacker to download arbitrary files from the target server via specially crafted HTTP requests.

Recommendations For Play Framework versions 2.6.12 through 2.6.15, update to version 2.6.16 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-13864

GHSA-V4MQ-P756-P4F5

Affected Products

Play Framework

References · 5

• https://playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2018-13864-PathTraversal · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-v4mq-p756-p4f5 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13864 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-13864 · Vendor Advisory
• https://discuss.lightbend.com/t/play-2-6-16-released/1575 · Note