CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-8715
8.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-03-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Description
The Embedthis HTTP library, and Appweb versions before 7.0.3, have a logic flaw related to the authCondition function in http/httpLib.c. With a forged HTTP request, it is possible to bypass authentication for the form and digest login types.
Affected configurations
• embedthis appweb (<= 7.0.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3676 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/embedthis/appweb/issues/610 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2018-8715 security.paloaltonetworks.com
- https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3676 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/embedthis/appweb/issues/610 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2018-8715 security.paloaltonetworks.com