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CVE-2018-6225 json

An XML external entity injection (XXE) vulnerability in Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5 could allow an authenticated user to expos…

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-17986

cvss
4.3
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.9%
EPSS 3.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

An XML external entity injection (XXE) vulnerability in Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5 could allow an authenticated user to expose a normally protected configuration script.

Patch / fix

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-44166)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

3.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-44166 Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5 (Build 1111.00) - Multiple Vulnerabilities webapps, 2018-02-22
  • coresecurity.com https://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/trend-micro-email-encryption-gateway-multiple-vulnerabilities referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 4.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Trend Micro Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway

Classification

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

References

Sources

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