CVE-2018-25059 — pastebinit server.go pasteHandler path traversal

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MEDIUM

pastebinit server.go pasteHandler path traversal

Published Dec 30, 2022

5.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.77%

Description

A vulnerability was found in pastebinit up to 0.2.2 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function pasteHandler of the file server.go. The manipulation of the argument r.URL.Path leads to path traversal. Upgrading to version 0.2.3 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 1af2facb6d95976c532b7f8f82747d454a092272. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217040.

Affected products

Vendor n/a Product Pastebinit Default
n/a
- Version
  0.2.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  0.2.1
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  0.2.2
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

n/a

Pastebinit

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
0.2.0	affected	-
0.2.1	affected	-
0.2.2	affected	-

Ecosystem	Package	Introduced	Fixed
Go	github.com/jessfraz/pastebinit	0	0.2.3

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.77% 0.00766

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00766

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (13 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	0.77% (0.00766)	53.90th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.77% (0.00766)	50.52th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.09% (0.00092)	23.93th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.11% (0.00106)	44.83th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 11, 2024	0.11% (0.00108)	43.87th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 5, 2024	0.09% (0.00091)	38.05th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 1, 2024	0.08% (0.00080)	33.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jan 6, 2024	0.07% (0.00074)	30.67th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 30, 2023	0.06% (0.00060)	23.60th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.05% (0.00052)	18.25th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.02% (0.01018)	40.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Jan 10, 2023	1.02% (0.01018)	39.81th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Dec 31, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	31.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-22

Path Traversal

References (7)

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cwh7-28vg-jmpr
Advisory
https://github.com/jessfraz/pastebinit/commit/1af2facb6d95976c532b7f8f82747d454a092272
patchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/jessfraz/pastebinit/pull/3
issue-trackingIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/jessfraz/pastebinit/releases/tag/v0.2.3
patchRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25059
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217040
signaturepermissions-requiredThird Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.217040
vdb-entrytechnical-descriptionThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cwh7-28vg-jmpr		Advisory
https://github.com/jessfraz/pastebinit/commit/1af2facb6d95976c532b7f8f82747d454a092272		patchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/jessfraz/pastebinit/pull/3		issue-trackingIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/jessfraz/pastebinit/releases/tag/v0.2.3		patchRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25059
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217040		signaturepermissions-requiredThird Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.217040		vdb-entrytechnical-descriptionThird Party Advisory