CVE-2018-6885 is a critical path traversal vulnerability affecting MicroStrategy Web Services (the Microsoft Office plugin) prior to versions 10.4 Hotfix 7 and 10.11. This unauthenticated vulnerability allows attackers to access asset files with MicroStrategy user privileges, potentially leading to compromise of the admin dashboard and remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required, posing a significant risk to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 10.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microstrategy:web_services:*:*:*:*:*:office:*:* | ||
>= 10.5, < 10.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microstrategy:web_services:*:*:*:*:*:office:*:* | ||
10.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microstrategy:web_services:10.4:-:*:*:*:office:*:* | ||
10.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microstrategy:web_services:10.4:hotfix_1:*:*:*:office:*:* | ||
10.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microstrategy:web_services:10.4:hotfix_2:*:*:*:office:*:* |
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.