CVE-2018-13864

HIGH

Play Framework 2.6.12-2.6.15 - Path Traversal via Assets Controller

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-13864. PoCs published by tafamace.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The provided code is a simple Java stub that prints command-line arguments and does not demonstrate any exploit functionality for CVE-2018-13864. It lacks any offensive techniques or vulnerability exploitation logic.

Description

A directory traversal vulnerability has been found in the Assets controller in Play Framework 2.6.12 through 2.6.15 (fixed in 2.6.16) when running on Windows. It allows a remote attacker to download arbitrary files from the target server via specially crafted HTTP requests.

Exploits (1)

nomisec STUB
by tafamace · poc
https://github.com/tafamace/CVE-2018-13864

The provided code is a simple Java stub that prints command-line arguments and does not demonstrate any exploit functionality for CVE-2018-13864. It lacks any offensive techniques or vulnerability exploitation logic.

Classification
Stub 90%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: N/A
No auth needed
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0126
EPSS Percentile 79.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (2)
com.typesafe.play/play_2.12 2.6.12 - 2.6.16Maven
lightbend/play_framework 2.6.12 - 2.6.15
Published Jul 17, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026