High severity · published Nov 6, 2018
CVE-2018-17186
An administrator with workflow definition entitlements can use DTD to perform malicious operations, including but not limited to file read, file write, and code execution
7.2
CVSS
2.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An administrator with workflow definition entitlements can use DTD to perform malicious operations, including but not limited to file read, file write, and code execution.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.5% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SY
Syncope · Apache
2.0.0 through 2.0.11; 2.1.0 through 2.1.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17186
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17186
Mitigation
https://syncope.apache.org/security#CVE-2018-17186:_XXE_on_BPMN_definitions
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