CVE-2018-14957 is a critical directory traversal and local file download vulnerability affecting CMS ISWEB 3.5.3. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw to access sensitive configuration files, potentially leading to full application compromise due to exposed credentials. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there are no known public exploits in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isweb:isweb:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
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.