CVE-2018-12542
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
Eclipse Vert.x does not properly neutralize '' (forward slashes) sequences that can resolve to an external location
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | io.vertx:vertx-web | >=3.0.0,<3.5.4 | 3.5.4 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12542
- https://github.com/vert-x3/vertx-web/issues/1025
- https://github.com/vert-x3/vertx-web/commit/57a65dce6f4c5aa5e3ce7288685e7f3447eb8f3b
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=539171
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h39x-m55c-v55h
- https://github.com/vert-x3/vertx-web
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
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