CVE-2018-18809

Summary

CVECVE-2018-18809
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-03-07 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-03-01 18:02:00 UTC
DescriptionThe default server implementation of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO JasperReports Library, TIBCO JasperReports Library Community Edition, TIBCO JasperReports Library for ActiveMatrix BPM, TIBCO JasperReports Server, TIBCO JasperReports Server Community Edition, TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM, TIBCO Jaspersoft for AWS with Multi-Tenancy, and TIBCO Jaspersoft Reporting and Analytics for AWS contains a directory-traversal vulnerability that may theoretically allow web server users to access contents of the host system. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO JasperReports Library: versions up to and including 6.3.4; 6.4.1; 6.4.2; 6.4.21; 7.1.0; 7.2.0, TIBCO JasperReports Library Community Edition: versions up to and including 6.7.0, TIBCO JasperReports Library for ActiveMatrix BPM: versions up to and including 6.4.21, TIBCO JasperReports Server: versions up to and including 6.3.4; 6.4.0; 6.4.1; 6.4.2; 6.4.3; 7.1.0, TIBCO JasperReports Server Community Edition: versions up to and including 6.4.3; 7.1.0, TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM: versions up to and including 6.4.3, TIBCO Jaspersoft for AWS with Multi-Tenancy: versions up to and including 7.1.0, TIBCO Jaspersoft Reporting and Analytics for AWS: versions up to and including 7.1.0.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.939090000 probability, percentile 0.998740000 (date 2026-04-01)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2022-12-29; due 2023-01-19; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-22

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorTIBCO
ProductJasperReports
NameTIBCO JasperReports Library Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://www.tibco.com/support/advisories/2019/03/tibco-security-advisory-march-6-2019-tibco-jasperreports-library-2018-18809; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18809

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Tibco Jasperreports Library 6.3.4 All All All
Application Tibco Jasperreports Library 6.4.1 All All All
Application Tibco Jasperreports Library 6.4.2 All All All
Application Tibco Jasperreports Library 6.4.21 All All All
Application Tibco Jasperreports Library 7.1.0 All All All
Application Tibco Jasperreports Library 7.2.0 All All All
Application Tibco Jasperreports Library 6.3.4 All All All
Application Tibco Jasperreports Library 6.4.1 All All All
Application Tibco Jasperreports Library 6.4.2 All All All
Application Tibco Jasperreports Library 6.4.21 All All All
Application Tibco Jasperreports Library 7.1.0 All All All
Application Tibco Jasperreports Library 7.2.0 All All All
Application Tibco Jasperreports Library All All All All
Application Tibco Jasperreports Library All All All All
Application Tibco Jasperreports Server 6.3.4 All All All
Application Tibco Jasperreports Server 6.4.0 All All All
Application Tibco Jasperreports Server 6.4.1 All All All
Application Tibco Jasperreports Server 6.4.2 All All All
Application Tibco Jasperreports Server 6.4.3 All All All
Application Tibco Jasperreports Server 7.1.0 All All All
Application Tibco Jasperreports Server 7.1.0 All All All
Application Tibco Jasperreports Server 6.3.4 All All All
Application Tibco Jasperreports Server 6.4.0 All All All
Application Tibco Jasperreports Server 6.4.1 All All All
Application Tibco Jasperreports Server 6.4.2 All All All
Application Tibco Jasperreports Server 6.4.3 All All All
Application Tibco Jasperreports Server 7.1.0 All All All
Application Tibco Jasperreports Server 7.1.0 All All All
Application Tibco Jasperreports Server All All All All
Application Tibco Jasperreports Server All All All All
Application Tibco Jaspersoft All All All All
Application Tibco Jaspersoft Reporting And Analytics All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
TIBCO Security Advisory: March 6, 2019 - TIBCO JasperReports Library - 2018-18809 | TIBCO Software CONFIRM www.tibco.com Vendor Advisory
Full Disclosure: CVE-2018-18809 Path traversal in Tibco JasperSoft FULLDISC seclists.org
Advisory | TIBCO Software MISC www.tibco.com Vendor Advisory
CVE-2018-18809 - Directory Traversal Vulnerability in TIBCO JasperReports Library MISC cybersecurityworks.com
Tibco JasperSoft Path Traversal ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
CVE-2018-18809 Path traversal in Tibco JasperSoft - Security | Elar Lang MISC security.elarlang.eu
TIBCO JasperReports Server CVE-2018-18809 Directory Traversal Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: TIBCO would like to extend its appreciation to Elar Lang of Clarified Security and Sathish Kumar Balakrishnan from Cyber Security Works Pvt Ltd for discovery of this vulnerability.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 730678 TIBCO JasperReports Library Directory Traversal Vulnerability (Tibco-Security-advisory-march-6-2019-tibco-jasperreports-library-2018-18809)
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