CVE-2018-18809

TIBCO JasperReports Library Directory Traversal Vulnerability

  • Critical 9.9
  • Exploited: added to CISA KEV 29 Dec 2022

Description

The default server implementation of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO JasperReports Library, TIBCO JasperReports Library Community Edition, TIBCO JasperReports Library for ActiveMatrix BPM, TIBCO JasperReports Server, TIBCO JasperReports Server Community Edition, TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM, TIBCO Jaspersoft for AWS with Multi-Tenancy, and TIBCO Jaspersoft Reporting and Analytics for AWS contains a directory-traversal vulnerability that may theoretically allow web server users to access contents of the host system. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO JasperReports Library: versions up to and including 6.3.4; 6.4.1; 6.4.2; 6.4.21; 7.1.0; 7.2.0, TIBCO JasperReports Library Community Edition: versions up to and including 6.7.0, TIBCO JasperReports Library for ActiveMatrix BPM: versions up to and including 6.4.21, TIBCO JasperReports Server: versions up to and including 6.3.4; 6.4.0; 6.4.1; 6.4.2; 6.4.3; 7.1.0, TIBCO JasperReports Server Community Edition: versions up to and including 6.4.3; 7.1.0, TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM: versions up to and including 6.4.3, TIBCO Jaspersoft for AWS with Multi-Tenancy: versions up to and including 7.1.0, TIBCO Jaspersoft Reporting and Analytics for AWS: versions up to and including 7.1.0.

Key facts

Published
7 Mar 2019
Last changed
21 Oct 2025
Assigned by
tibco
KEV added
29 Dec 2022
KEV fix due
19 Jan 2023
EPSS
78.883% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 99.599% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: active; Automatable: no; Technical impact: total

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 9.9CVSS 3.0, Criticalfrom the CNA (tibco)CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What to do

  • TIBCO has released updated versions of the affected components which address these issues. For each affected system, update to the corresponding software versions: TIBCO JasperReports Library versions 6.3.4 and below update to version 6.3.5 or higher TIBCO JasperReports Library versions 6.4.1, 6.4.2, and 6.4.21 update to version 6.4.22 or higher TIBCO JasperReports Library version 7.1.0 update to version 7.1.1 or higher TIBCO JasperReports Library version 7.2.0 update to version 7.2.1 or higher TIBCO JasperReports Library Community Edition versions 6.7.0 and below update to version 6.7.1 or higher TIBCO JasperReports Library for ActiveMatrix BPM versions 6.4.21 and below update to version 6.4.22 or higher TIBCO JasperReports Server versions 6.3.4 and below update to version 6.3.5 or higher TIBCO JasperReports Server versions 6.4.0, 6.4.1, 6.4.2, and 6.4.3 update to version 6.4.4 or higher TIBCO JasperReports Server version 7.1.0 update to version 7.1.1 or higher TIBCO JasperReports Server Community Edition versions 7.1.0 and below update to version 7.1.1 or higher TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM versions 6.4.3 and below update to version 6.4.4 or higher TIBCO Jaspersoft for AWS with Multi-Tenancy versions 7.1.0 and below update to version 7.1.1 or higher TIBCO Jaspersoft Reporting and Analytics for AWS versions 7.1.0 and below update to version 7.1.1 or higherCNA solution statement
  • Apply updates per vendor instructions.CISA KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.

No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

Read the original CVE record.

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
TIBCO Software Inc.TIBCO JasperReports Library
  • unspecified up to and including 6.3.4 (affected)
  • 6.4.1 (affected)
  • 6.4.2 (affected)
  • 6.4.21 (affected)
  • 7.1.0 (affected)
  • 7.2.0 (affected)
TIBCO Software Inc.TIBCO JasperReports Library Community Edition
  • unspecified up to and including 6.7.0 (affected)
TIBCO Software Inc.TIBCO JasperReports Library for ActiveMatrix BPM
  • unspecified up to and including 6.4.21 (affected)
TIBCO Software Inc.TIBCO JasperReports Server
  • unspecified up to and including 6.3.4 (affected)
  • 6.4.0 (affected)
  • 6.4.1 (affected)
  • 6.4.2 (affected)
  • 6.4.3 (affected)
  • 7.1.0 (affected)
TIBCO Software Inc.TIBCO JasperReports Server Community Edition
  • unspecified up to and including 6.4.3 (affected)
  • 7.1.0 (affected)
TIBCO Software Inc.TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM
  • unspecified up to and including 6.4.3 (affected)
TIBCO Software Inc.TIBCO Jaspersoft for AWS with Multi-Tenancy
  • unspecified up to and including 7.1.0 (affected)
TIBCO Software Inc.TIBCO Jaspersoft Reporting and Analytics for AWS
  • unspecified up to and including 7.1.0 (affected)

Timeline

  1. 7 Mar 2019 Published
  2. 29 Dec 2022 CVE-2018-18809 added to CISA KEV
  3. 29 Dec 2022 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

Weakness

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HackZoneLabs has a hands-on lab on Path traversal (CWE-22).

References