PT-2018-9413 · Ventrian · Ventrian News-Articles

Published 2018-06-26 · Updated 2018-08-20 · CVE-2018-1000515

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 Ventrian News-Articles version NewsArticles.00.09.11

Description The issue is related to a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the News-Articles/API/MetaWebLog/Handler.ashx.vb file. This can allow an attacker to read any file on the server or potentially use an smbrelay attack to access the server.

Recommendations For Ventrian News-Articles version NewsArticles.00.09.11, consider disabling the Handler.ashx.vb file or restricting access to the /News-Articles/API/MetaWebLog/ endpoint until a patch is available. Additionally, restrict SMB relay attacks by implementing proper network segmentation and access controls.

Exploit

Fix

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-1000515

Affected Products

Ventrian News-Articles

References · 3

• 🔥 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1P7djpYX8VQ0oplhOCMFNdKQByCcw2ncU?usp=sharing · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000515 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1000515 · Vendor Advisory