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CVE-2018-18809

TIBCO JasperReports Library Directory Traversal Vulnerability

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 7, 2019 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:47 AM UTC
10 products affected across 1 vendorJasperReports ServerJaspersoft Reporting and AnalyticsJaspersoft

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploitation
CISA KEV
Exploit prediction
EPSS 79%
SSVC
Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score79.1%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 79.1% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 100% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

TIBCO JasperReports Library contains a directory-traversal vulnerability that may allow web server users to access contents of the host system.

Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Added to KEV
Dec 29, 2022
Remediation Due
Jan 19, 2023
1376 days overdue
Notes
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

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (8)

x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154406/Tibco-JasperSoft-Path-Traversal.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/17
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107351
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2018-18809-tibco.html
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.elarlang.eu/cve-2018-18809-path-traversal-in-tibco-jaspersoft.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.tibco.com/support/advisories/2019/03/tibco-security-advisory-march-6-2019-tibco-jasperreports-library-2018-18809
US Government Resource
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-18809

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.5MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-22

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