CVE-2018-18809: TIBCO JasperReports Library Directory Traversal Vulnerability
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- Name
- TIBCO JasperReports Library Directory Traversal Vulnerability
- Vendor
- TIBCO
- Product
- JasperReports
- Added to the catalog
- 2022-12-29
- Due date for US federal agencies
- 2023-01-19
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
- Catalog version
- 2026.10.30
TIBCO JasperReports Library contains a directory-traversal vulnerability that may allow web server users to access contents of the host system.
Required action (CISA)
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.
Links in CISA's 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
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NVD analysis
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2019-03-07T22:29:00.323
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17T01:47:56.560
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
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.
| Metric | Score | Severity | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | 6.5 | MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | [email protected] (Primary) |
| CVSS 3.0 | 9.9 | CRITICAL | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | [email protected] (Secondary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | 4 | MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N | [email protected] (Primary) |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154406/Tibco-JasperSoft-Path-Traversal.html (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/17 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107351 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories (Vendor Advisory)
- https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2018-18809-tibco.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- https://security.elarlang.eu/cve-2018-18809-path-traversal-in-tibco-jaspersoft.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- https://www.tibco.com/support/advisories/2019/03/tibco-security-advisory-march-6-2019-tibco-jasperreports-library-2018-18809 (Vendor Advisory)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154406/Tibco-JasperSoft-Path-Traversal.html (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/17 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107351 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories (Vendor Advisory)
- https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2018-18809-tibco.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- https://security.elarlang.eu/cve-2018-18809-path-traversal-in-tibco-jaspersoft.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- https://www.tibco.com/support/advisories/2019/03/tibco-security-advisory-march-6-2019-tibco-jasperreports-library-2018-18809 (Vendor Advisory)
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-18809 (US Government Resource)
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CVE record
- Title (CNA)
- TIBCO JasperReports Library Directory Traversal Vulnerability
- Assigner
- tibco
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- 2019-03-07T22:00:00.000Z
- Updated
- 2025-10-21T23:45:42.384Z
- Problem types
- The impact of this vulnerability includes the theoretical possibility that a web server using the provided DefaultWebResourceHandler could expose details of the host system. The disclosed data could include credentials to access other systems.
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.
References
- http://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories
- https://www.tibco.com/support/advisories/2019/03/tibco-security-advisory-march-6-2019-tibco-jasperreports-library-2018-18809
- 107351
- 20190909 CVE-2018-18809 Path traversal in Tibco JasperSoft
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154406/Tibco-JasperSoft-Path-Traversal.html
- https://security.elarlang.eu/cve-2018-18809-path-traversal-in-tibco-jaspersoft.html
- https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2018-18809-tibco.html
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Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)
D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.
CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
- Isolate: Application-based Process Isolation (acts on Subroutine)
- Model: Software Inventory (acts on Software)
- Harden: Variable Initialization (acts on Subroutine)
- Harden: Software Update (acts on Software)
- Harden: Domain Logic Validation (acts on Subroutine)
- Restore: Restore Software (acts on Software)
- Model: Asset Vulnerability Enumeration (acts on Software)
- Harden: Trusted Library (acts on Subroutine)
- Harden: Credential Scrubbing (acts on Subroutine)
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