CVE-2018-14473

Ocsinventory Ng vulnerability

CVSS

9.1

EPSS

3.1%

EPSS pct

86th

Exploited

No known

OCS Inventory 2.4.1 lacks a proper XML parsing configuration, allowing the use of external entities. This issue can be exploited by an attacker sending a crafted HTTP request in order to exfiltrate information or cause a Denial of Service.

Affected vendor

Ocsinventory Ng

Affected product

Ocsinventory Ng

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-611 — XML External Entity (XXE) Reference

Published

2018-08-04

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

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