CVE-2018-15706 (GCVE-0-2018-15706)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-10-31 22:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 02:15
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Summary
WADashboard API in Advantech WebAccess 8.3.1 and 8.3.2 allows remote authenticated attackers to read any file on the filesystem due to a directory traversal vulnerability in the readFile API.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Directory Traversal
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Advantech Advantech WebAccess Affected: 8.3.1 and 8.3.2
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Date Public
2018-10-31 00:00
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