VWE-2017-3978 Printable Version

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  pegasus
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  pegasus
  on April 8, 2018

Common Name None
VWE-ID VWE-2017-3978
Related Report None
Severity Extreme
Exploit Difficulty Difficult
Platform Affects all platforms supported by the vulnerable versions.
Description Remote Code Execution. When importing from VaultWiki 3 or 4 and using the undocumented $api_path capability: if the DNS is compromised, or if the remote server is compromised, the compromised server may be able to execute commands against the server running VaultWiki. Does not affect Lite versions.

Discovered August 9, 2017
Resolved September 13, 2017
Patches Available 4.0.19 Patch Level 1
4.0.18 Patch Level 2
4.0.17 Patch Level 4
4.0.16 Patch Level 5
4.0.15 Patch Level 9
4.0.14 Patch Level 12
Workaround Patches are not ready yet. Do not use $api_path for imports.
The versions listed below are known to be affected by this issue. If you are using one of those versions, you should update to a newer release that has no known vulnerabilities.

Common Name	None
VWE-ID	VWE-2017-3978
Related Report	None
Severity	Extreme
Exploit Difficulty	Difficult
Platform	Affects all platforms supported by the vulnerable versions.
Description	Remote Code Execution. When importing from VaultWiki 3 or 4 and using the undocumented $api_path capability: if the DNS is compromised, or if the remote server is compromised, the compromised server may be able to execute commands against the server running VaultWiki. Does not affect Lite versions.
Discovered	August 9, 2017
Resolved	September 13, 2017
Patches Available	4.0.19 Patch Level 1 4.0.18 Patch Level 2 4.0.17 Patch Level 4 4.0.16 Patch Level 5 4.0.15 Patch Level 9 4.0.14 Patch Level 12
Workaround	Patches are not ready yet. Do not use $api_path for imports.