CVE-2018-17889
WECON PI Studio XML External Entity Injection Vulnerability
Description
In WECON Technology Co., Ltd. PI Studio HMI versions 4.1.9 and prior and PI Studio versions 4.2.34 and prior when parsing project files, the XMLParser that ships with Wecon PIStudio is vulnerable to a XML external entity injection attack, which may allow sensitive information disclosure.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 8, 2018, 12:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 9, 2019, 11:36 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
1.6
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2018-17889.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-277-01 | Third Party Advisory US Government Resource |
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CVE-2018-17889 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 09, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CWE ICS-CERT CWE-611 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 25, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Changed Reference Type https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-277-01 No Types Assigned https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-277-01 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource Added CWE CWE-611 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:we-con:pi_studio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 4.2.34 *cpe:2.3:a:we-con:pi_studio_hmi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 4.1.9 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 08, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description WECON Technology Co., Ltd. PI Studio when parsing project files, the XMLParser that ships with Wecon PIStudio is vulnerable to a XML external entity injection attack, which may allow sensitive information disclosure. In WECON Technology Co., Ltd. PI Studio HMI versions 4.1.9 and prior and PI Studio versions 4.2.34 and prior when parsing project files, the XMLParser that ships with Wecon PIStudio is vulnerable to a XML external entity injection attack, which may allow sensitive information disclosure.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-17889 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-17889
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.43 }} -0.00%
score
0.71801
percentile