CVE-2018-18809
TIBCO JasperReports Library Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 19 January 2023). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 79.06% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 29 December 2022 · due 19 January 2023
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- tibco/jasperreports library · tibco/jasperreports server · tibco/jaspersoft · tibco/jaspersoft reporting and analytics
- Source
- security@tibco.com
EPSS 79.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://www.tibco.com/support/advisories/2019/03/tibco-security-advisory-march-6-2019-tibco-jasperreports-library-2018-18809; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18809
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154406/Tibco-JasperSoft-Path-Traversal.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/17Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107351Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisoriesVendor Advisory
- https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2018-18809-tibco.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.elarlang.eu/cve-2018-18809-path-traversal-in-tibco-jaspersoft.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.tibco.com/support/advisories/2019/03/tibco-security-advisory-march-6-2019-tibco-jasperreports-library-2018-18809Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154406/Tibco-JasperSoft-Path-Traversal.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/17Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107351Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisoriesVendor Advisory
- https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2018-18809-tibco.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.elarlang.eu/cve-2018-18809-path-traversal-in-tibco-jaspersoft.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.tibco.com/support/advisories/2019/03/tibco-security-advisory-march-6-2019-tibco-jasperreports-library-2018-18809Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-18809US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.