HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-1321

Syncope vulnerability

CVSS
7.2
EPSS
18.0%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
An administrator with report and template entitlements in Apache Syncope 1.2.x before 1.2.11, 2.0.x before 2.0.8, and unsupported releases 1.0.x and 1.1.x which may be also affected, can use XSL Transformations (XSLT) to perform malicious operations, including but not limited to file read, file write, and code execution.
Affected vendor
Apache
Affected product
Syncope
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2018-03-20

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring high privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 18.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-1321

  • Confirm whether Apache Syncope is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-1321.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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