CVE-2018-12939 — A directory traversal flaw in SeedDMS (formerly LetoDMS and MyDMS) before 5

A directory traversal flaw in SeedDMS (formerly LetoDMS and MyDMS) before 5.1.8 allows an authenticated attacker to write to (or potentially delete) arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the "op/op.UploadChunks.php" "qquuid" parameter. NOTE: this can be levera

01What is this vulnerability?

A directory traversal flaw in SeedDMS (formerly LetoDMS and MyDMS) before 5.1.8 allows an authenticated attacker to write to (or potentially delete) arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the "op/op.UploadChunks.php" "qquuid" parameter. NOTE: this can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code by using CVE-2018-12940.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

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

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-07-31T14:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T08:52:49.183Z

09References

• www.contextis.com — https://www.contextis.com/resources/advisories/cve-2018-12939
• sourceforge.net — https://sourceforge.net/p/seeddms/code/ci/seeddms-5.1.x/tree/CHANGELOG