CVE-2018-11789 — When accessing the heron-ui webpage, people can modify the file paths outside of

When accessing the heron-ui webpage, people can modify the file paths outside of the current container to access any file on the host. Example woule be modifying the parameter path= to go to the directory you would like to view. i.e. ..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2Fetc%2Fpasswd.

01What is this vulnerability?

When accessing the heron-ui webpage, people can modify the file paths outside of the current container to access any file on the host. Example woule be modifying the parameter path= to go to the directory you would like to view. i.e. ..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2Fetc%2Fpasswd.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / Apache Incubator Heron	Apache Incubator Heron 0.13.0 to 0.17.8

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-03-18T14:15:31.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T08:17:09.232Z

09References

• lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5ea1a102d87a47c5912d745fa0d5dfa2830fc94099c…
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107430