CVE-2018-15728

HIGH

Couchbase Server <=5.5.1 Authenticated RCE via /diag/eval

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Couchbase Server exposed the '/diag/eval' endpoint which by default is available on TCP/8091 and/or TCP/18091. Authenticated users that have 'Full Admin' role assigned could send arbitrary Erlang code to the 'diag/eval' endpoint of the API and the code would subsequently be executed in the underlying operating system with privileges of the user which was used to start Couchbase. Affects Version: 4.0.0, 4.1.2, 4.5.1, 5.0.0, 4.6.5, 5.0.1, 5.1.1, 5.5.0, 5.5.1. Fix Version: 6.0.0, 5.5.2

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Aug/49
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105157

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0292
EPSS Percentile 85.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-94
Status published
Products (1)
couchbase/couchbase_server
Published Aug 24, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026