CVE-2018-1306

published 2018-06-27

CVE-2018-1306: The PortletV3AnnotatedDemo Multipart Portlet war file code provided in Apache Pluto version 3.0.0 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive…

Priority P2 63 high 7.5 CVSS 3.0

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I N A N

EXPLOIT

The PortletV3AnnotatedDemo Multipart Portlet war file code provided in Apache Pluto version 3.0.0 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to restrict path information provided during a file upload. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain configuration data and other sensitive information.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apache	pluto	—	—
apache_software_foundation	apache_pluto	—	—
linux	linux_kernel	>= 3.8.0 < 6.17.2	6.17.2

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

path ../../../webapps/pluto/jspshell.jsp↗

url /pluto/portal/File%20Upload/__pdPortletV3AnnotatedDemo.MultipartPortlet%21-1517407963%7C0;0/__ac0↗

url http://localhost:8080/pluto/jspshell.jsp?cmd=hostname↗

• → Alert on multipart file upload requests using the HTTP HEAD method to the Pluto portal File Upload portlet endpoint, particularly targeting the MultipartPortlet path. ↗
• → Detect HTTP requests to /pluto/jspshell.jsp with a 'cmd' query parameter, indicating webshell execution post-exploitation. ↗

• · The exploit uses a fixed multipart boundary value 'XX' and a specific portlet action token (-1517407963) in the URL; these may vary across deployments but serve as fingerprints in the PoC. ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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