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critical 9.8

CVE-2018-12571 in the critical feed json

uniquesig0/InternalSite/InitParams.aspx in Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 allows remote attackers to trigger outbound DNS…

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-4531

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
30.7%
EPSS 30.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

uniquesig0/InternalSite/InitParams.aspx in Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 allows remote attackers to trigger outbound DNS queries for arbitrary hosts via a comma-separated list of URLs in the orig_url parameter, possibly causing a traffic amplification and/or SSRF outcome.

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Exploit prediction

30.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jul/2 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/148389/Microsoft-Forefront-Unified-Access-Gateway-2010-External-DNS-Interaction.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jul/7 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery

References

Sources

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