THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-18619
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2018-18619

Advanced Comment System vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
4.2%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
internal/advanced_comment_system/admin.php in Advanced Comment System 1.0 is prone to an SQL injection vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data before using it in an SQL query, allowing remote attackers to execute the sqli attack via a URL in the "page" parameter. NOTE: The product is discontinued.
Affected vendor
Advanced Comment System Project
Affected product
Advanced Comment System
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2018-11-29

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 4.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-18619

  • Confirm whether Advanced Comment System Project Advanced Comment System is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-18619.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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