An issue was discovered in Reprise License Manager 11.0. This vulnerability is a Path Traversal where the attacker, by changing a field in the Web Request, can have access to files on the File System of the Server. By specifying a pathname in the POST parameter "lf" to the goform/edit_lf_get_data URI, the attacker can retrieve the content of a file.
Published 2018-02-21 15:29:01
Updated 2025-04-30 21:02:43
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Directory traversal

Products affected by CVE-2018-5716

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-5716

0.45%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 63 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2018-5716

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
8.5
HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N
8.0
9.2
NIST
8.1
HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
2.8
5.2
NIST
8.1
HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
2.8
5.2
NIST 2025-04-30

CWE ids for CVE-2018-5716

  • The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2018-5716

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