A vulnerability was found in EMCA Energy Logserver 6.1.2. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the file api/admin/logoupload of the component Logo File Upload. The manipulation of the argument filename as part of a Parameter leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The api/admin/logoupload Logo File upload feature in EMCA Energy Logserver 6.1.2 allows attackers to send any kind of file to any location on the server via path traversal in the filename parameter.

The weakness was presented 08/05/2019. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-14521 since 08/01/2019. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Energy Logserver

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• 6.1.2

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