Known Exploited Vulnerability
9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2018-19410
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor Local File Inclusion - [Actively Exploited]
Description

PRTG Network Monitor before 18.2.40.1683 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to create users with read-write privileges (including administrator). A remote unauthenticated user can craft an HTTP request and override attributes of the 'include' directive in /public/login.htm and perform a Local File Inclusion attack, by including /api/addusers and executing it. By providing the 'id' and 'users' parameters, an unauthenticated attacker can create a user with read-write privileges (including administrator).

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 21, 2018, 4:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 5, 2025, 2 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

For the benefit of the cybersecurity community and network defenders—and to help every organization better manage vulnerabilities and keep pace with threat activity—CISA maintains the authoritative source of vulnerabilities that have been exploited in the wild.

Description :

Paessler PRTG Network Monitor contains a local file inclusion vulnerability that allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to create users with read-write privileges (including administrator).

Required Action :

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Notes :

https://www.paessler.com/prtg/history/prtg-18#18.2.41.1652 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19410

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-19410 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-19410 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Paessler prtg_network_monitor
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-19410.

URL Resource
https://www.ptsecurity.com/ww-en/analytics/threatscape/pt-2018-24/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.ptsecurity.com/ww-en/analytics/threatscape/pt-2018-24/ Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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himash/CVE-2018-19410-POC

Proof of concept for the vulnerability CVE-2018-19410

Python

Updated: 5 months, 2 weeks ago
2 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Jan. 25, 2024, 7:20 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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A1vinSmith/CVE-2018-9276

CVE-2018-9276 PRTG < 18.2.39 Reverse Shell (Python3 support)

Python

Updated: 11 months, 1 week ago
16 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : July 29, 2021, 1:17 a.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-19410 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • The Register
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Published Date: Feb 10, 2025 (2 days, 6 hours ago)
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  • BleepingComputer
CISA tags Microsoft .NET and Apache OFBiz bugs as exploited in attacks

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Published Date: Feb 05, 2025 (6 days, 16 hours ago)
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  • The Cyber Express
CISA Updates KEV Catalog with High-Severity Vulnerabilities—Patch Now!

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Published Date: Feb 05, 2025 (6 days, 21 hours ago)
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  • The Hacker News
CISA Adds Four Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities to KEV Catalog, Urges Fixes by Feb 25

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Published Date: Feb 05, 2025 (1 week ago)
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  • TheCyberThrone
CISA KEV Catalog Update Part I – February 2025

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-19410 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE CISA KEV Update by 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725

    Feb. 05, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Date Added 2025-02-04
    Added Due Date 2025-02-25
    Added Required Action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
    Added Vulnerability Name Paessler PRTG Network Monitor Local File Inclusion Vulnerability
  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Feb. 04, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.ptsecurity.com/ww-en/analytics/threatscape/pt-2018-24/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-264 CWE-264 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 31, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.ptsecurity.com/ww-en/analytics/threatscape/pt-2018-24/ No Types Assigned https://www.ptsecurity.com/ww-en/analytics/threatscape/pt-2018-24/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:paessler:prtg_network_monitor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 18.2.40.1683
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-19410 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-2018-19410 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

4.91 }} 4.53%

score

0.92777

percentile

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