{"id":"CVE-2018-7296","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-7296","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:08:18.857Z","title":"Directory Traversal / Arbitrary File Read in User.getLanguage method in eQ-3 AG Homematic CCU2 2.29.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to read the first line of an arbitrary file on the CCU2's filesystem.","description":"Directory Traversal / Arbitrary File Read in User.getLanguage method in eQ-3 AG Homematic CCU2 2.29.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to read the first line of an arbitrary file on the CCU2's filesystem. This vulnerability can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers with access to the web interface.","published":"2018-02-22T19:29:05.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:02:58.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["eq-3/homematic central control unit ccu2 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.01869,"percentile":0.79219,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.87%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://atomic111.github.io/article/homematic-ccu2-fileread","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://atomic111.github.io/article/homematic-ccu2-fileread","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7296","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}