CVE-2018-14805

Esoms vulnerability

CVSS

9.8

EPSS

4.8%

EPSS pct

91th

Exploited

No known

ABB eSOMS version 6.0.2 may allow unauthorized access to the system when LDAP is set to allow anonymous authentication, and specific key values within the eSOMS web.config file are present. Both conditions are required to exploit this vulnerability.

Affected vendor

Hitachienergy

Affected product

Esoms

CVSS vector

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

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

Published

2018-08-29

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 integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-14805

Confirm whether Hitachienergy Esoms is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-14805.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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