High severity · published Dec 25, 2018
CVE-2018-20465
Craft CMS through 3.0.34 allows remote authenticated administrators to read sensitive information via server-side template injection, as demonstrated by a {% string for…
7.2
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Craft CMS through 3.0.34 allows remote authenticated administrators to read sensitive information via server-side template injection, as demonstrated by a {% string for craft.app.config.DB.user and craft.app.config.DB.password in the URI Format of the Site Settings, which causes a cleartext username and password to be displayed in a URI field.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CC
Craft Cms · Craftcms
through 3.0.34 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20465
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20465
Release Notes
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/blob/master/CHANGELOG-v3.md
Exploit
https://github.com/phuctam/Server-Side-Template-Injection-in-CraftCMS-/issues/1
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