CVE-2018-1000550 is a critical Directory Traversal vulnerability affecting Sympa versions prior to 6.2.32, specifically within the wwsympa.fcgi template editing function. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to create or modify arbitrary files on the server filesystem via simple HTTP GET/POST requests. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability poses a severe risk, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting it is not currently a high-profile threat.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 6.2.32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sympa:sympa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.