CVE-2018-14716

Public Exploit

Description

A Server Side Template Injection (SSTI) was discovered in the SEOmatic plugin before 3.1.4 for Craft CMS, because requests that don't match any elements incorrectly generate the canonicalUrl, and can lead to execution of Twig code.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 53.31% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory github.com Vendor Advisory github.com Vendor Advisory twitter.com Vendor Advisory twitter.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45108/ exploit vdb entry third party advisory
https://github.com/nystudio107/craft-seomatic/releases/tag/3.1.4 patch vendor advisory
https://twitter.com/nystudio107/status/1021855169515057152 vendor advisory
http://ha.cker.info/exploitation-of-server-side-template-injection-with-craft-cms-plguin-seomatic/ third party advisory
https://twitter.com/nystudio107/status/1021847835418009605 vendor advisory
https://github.com/nystudio107/craft-seomatic/commit/1e7d1d084ac3a89e7ec70620f2749110508d1ce1 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-14716?
CVE-2018-14716 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-14716?
To fix CVE-2018-14716, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-14716 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-14716 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~53% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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