Vulnerability record

CVE-2018-18809

TIBCO JasperReports Library Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Severity: ElevatedExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run JasperReports, fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Jan 19, 2023.

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.

Description

The 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.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorSource
JasperReportsTIBCOKEV

Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Version details have not been published yet.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2018-18809 scored CVSS 6.5: TIBCO JasperReports, TIBCO JasperReports Library Directory Traversal Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched JasperReports systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

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Coverage

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References

  • tibco.com https://www.tibco.com/support/advisories/2019/03/tibco-security-advisory-march-6-2019-tibco-jasperreports-libr…
  • nvd.nist.gov https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18809
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154406/Tibco-JasperSoft-Path-Traversal.html
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/17
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107351
  • tibco.com http://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories
  • cybersecurityworks.com https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2018-18809-tibco.html
  • security.elarlang.eu https://security.elarlang.eu/cve-2018-18809-path-traversal-in-tibco-jaspersoft.html
  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-18809