Webaccess
CVE-2018-14806
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling Path canonicalization, traversal prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Discovery, Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could access files and directories outside the intended path by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Advantech WebAccess 8.3.1 and earlier has a path traversal vulnerability which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Validate and canonicalize file paths. Use chroot or sandboxing. Reject input containing path separators or '../' sequences.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Path Traversal (CWE-22), which allows attackers to access files and directories outside the intended path. Advantech WebAccess 8.3.1 and earlier has a path traversal vulnerability which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Affected products include: Advantech Webaccess.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Advantech WebAccess 8.3.1 and earlier has a path traversal vulnerability which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Path traversal exploits occur when applications use user-controlled input to construct file system paths without proper validation.
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the uploadImageCommon function in the UploadAjaxAction script in the WebAccess
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Advantech WebAccess before 8.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in unspecified DLL files in Advantech WebAccess before 8.0.1 allow remote attacker
A Stack-based Buffer Overflow issue was discovered in Advantech WebAccess versions prior to V8.2_20170817. Rated medium
upAdminPg.asp in Advantech WebAccess before 8.1_20160519 allows remote authenticated administrators to obtain sensitive
Advantech WebAccess before 8.4.3 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of
Stack-based buffer overflow in Advantech WebAccess/SCADA 8.4.1 allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbi
Stack-based buffer overflow in Advantech WebAccess/SCADA 8.4.0 allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbi
Stack-based buffer overflow in Advantech WebAccess/SCADA 8.4.0 allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbi
The VBWinExec function in Node\AspVBObj.dll in Advantech WebAccess 8.3.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS
Advantech WebAccess 8.3.2 and below is vulnerable to a stack buffer overflow vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.
Advantech WebAccess 8.3.4 allows unauthenticated, remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via IOCTL 10005 RPC. Rated
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