Vulnerability CVE-2018-17567
Published: 2018-09-27   Modified: 2018-09-28

Description:
Jekyll through 3.6.2, 3.7.x through 3.7.3, and 3.8.x through 3.8.3 allows attackers to access arbitrary files by specifying a symlink in the "include" key in the "_config.yml" file.

Type:

CWE-59

 (Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Jekyllrb -> Jekyll 

 References:
https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/pull/7224
https://jekyllrb.com/news/2018/09/19/security-fixes-for-3-6-3-7-3-8/
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/71da391f584b2fb301d2df0e491b279d87287e2fb4b11309f04ad984@%3Ccommits.accumulo.apache.org%3E
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