CVE-2018-18777 in microstrategy web

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What the vulnerability is

Directory traversal vulnerability in Microstrategy Web, version 7, in "/WebMstr7/servlet/mstrWeb" (in the parameter subpage) allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and list a parent directory via a /.. (slash dot dot) in a pathname used by a web application. NOTE: this is a deprecated product.

Affected software: microstrategy web

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What LogPulse has for it

Source data: NIST NVD, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. LogPulse processes new CVEs every hour.

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