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CVE-2018-14429

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-08-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

man-cgi before 1.16 allows Local File Inclusion via absolute path traversal, as demonstrated by a cgi-bin/man-cgi?/etc/passwd URI.

Affected products

• Man-Cgi Project Man-Cgi: before 1.16 — fixed in 1.16

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Man-Cgi Project Man-Cgi 1.16. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/148855/man-cgi-Local-File-Inclusion.html
• https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/542208/100/0/threaded
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/148855/man-cgi-Local-File-Inclusion.html
• https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/542208/100/0/threaded

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