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critical 9.8

CVE-2018-18471 json

/api/2.0/rest/aggregator/xml in Axentra firmware, used by NETGEAR Stora, Seagate GoFlex Home, and MEDION LifeCloud, has an XXE vulnerabilit…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-10199

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.7%
EPSS 7.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

/api/2.0/rest/aggregator/xml in Axentra firmware, used by NETGEAR Stora, Seagate GoFlex Home, and MEDION LifeCloud, has an XXE vulnerability that can be chained with an SSRF bug to gain remote command execution as root. It can be triggered by anyone who knows the IP address of the affected device.

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Exploit prediction

7.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • wizcase.com https://www.wizcase.com/blog/hack-2018/ 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 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

Sources

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