CVE-2018-9117

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-03-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

WireMock before 2.16.0 contains a vulnerability that allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to access local files beyond the application directory via a specially crafted XML request, aka Directory Traversal.

Affected products

wiremock: before 2.16.0 — fixed in 2.16.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: wiremock 2.16.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/wiremock-user/PQ1UQzKZVl0
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/wiremock-user/PQ1UQzKZVl0

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