CVE-2018-7581 — \ProgramData\WebLog Expert\WebServer\WebServer

\ProgramData\WebLog Expert\WebServer\WebServer.cfg in WebLog Expert Web Server Enterprise 9.4 has weak permissions (BUILTIN\Users:(ID)C), which allows local users to set a cleartext password and login as admin.

01What is this vulnerability?

\ProgramData\WebLog Expert\WebServer\WebServer.cfg in WebLog Expert Web Server Enterprise 9.4 has weak permissions (BUILTIN\Users:(ID)C), which allows local users to set a cleartext password and login as admin.

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

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: 2018-03-09T20:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T06:31:04.507Z

09References

• hyp3rlinx.altervista.org — http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/WEBLOG-EXPERT-WEB-SERVER-ENTERPRISE-v…
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/146697/WebLog-Expert-Web-Server-Enterprise-…
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44270/