CVE-2018-5225

Atlassian Bitbucket Server

CRITICAL 9.9

At a glance

Source: NVD
EPSS: EPSS 3.43 % · percentile 89 (2026-10-28)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2018-03-22 13:00 UTC
Updated: 2024-09-16 18:49 UTC
Assigner: atlassian
NVD status: Modified

Description

In browser editing in Atlassian Bitbucket Server from version 4.13.0 before 5.4.8 (the fixed version for 4.13.0 through 5.4.7), 5.5.0 before 5.5.8 (the fixed version for 5.5.x), 5.6.0 before 5.6.5 (the fixed version for 5.6.x), 5.7.0 before 5.7.3 (the fixed version for 5.7.x), and 5.8.0 before 5.8.2 (the fixed version for 5.8.x), allows authenticated users to gain remote code execution using the in browser editing feature via editing a symbolic link within a repository.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.0	CRITICAL 9.9	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0	MEDIUM 6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2018-17008
GCVE · GCVE-0-2018-5225

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:bitbucket:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 4.13.0 < 5.4.8
cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:bitbucket:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* > 5.5.0 < 5.5.8
cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:bitbucket:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 5.6.0 < 5.6.5
cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:bitbucket:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 5.7.0 < 5.7.3
cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:bitbucket:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 5.8.0 < 5.8.2

Affected products

Product	Versions
Atlassian · Bitbucket Server	affected 4.13.0 < unspecified ; affected unspecified < 5.4.8 ; affected 5.5.0 < unspecified ; affected unspecified < 5.5.8 ; affected 5.6.0 < unspecified ; affected unspecified < 5.6.5

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD