# CVE-2018-7669: An issue was discovered in Sitecore Sitecore.NET 8.1 rev.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2018-04-27 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in Sitecore Sitecore.NET 8.1 rev. 151207 Hotfix 141178-1 and above. The 'Log Viewer' application is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack, allowing an attacker to access arbitrary files from the host Operating System using a sitecore/shell/default.aspx?xmlcontrol=LogViewerDetails&file= URI. Validation is performed to ensure that the text passed to the 'file' parameter correlates to the correct log file directory. This filter can be bypassed by including a valid log filename and then appending a traditional 'dot dot' style attack.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45152/
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Apr/47
- https://kb.sitecore.net/articles/356221
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45152
- https://github.com/palaziv/CVE-2018-7669

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