HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-7046

Xperience vulnerability

CVSS
7.2
EPSS
5.5%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
Arbitrary code execution vulnerability in Kentico 9 through 11 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary operating system commands in a dynamic .NET code evaluation context via C# code in a "Pages -> Edit -> Template -> Edit template properties -> Layout" box. NOTE: the vendor has responded that there is intended functionality for authorized users to edit and update ascx code layout
Affected vendor
Kentico
Affected product
Xperience
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-78 — OS Command Injection
Published
2018-02-20

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 5.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-7046

  • Confirm whether Kentico Xperience is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-7046.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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