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CVE-2018-8844 json

Philips e-Alert Unit (non-medical device), Version R2.1 and prior.

published 2018-09-26 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-20452

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Philips e-Alert Unit (non-medical device), Version R2.1 and prior. The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-18-242-01 updated cvss 6.8

Philips e-Alert Unit

  • Philips e-Alert Unit (non-medical device) <= R2.1
    affected: mitigation “Please see the Philips product security website for the latest public security information on this matter and for other Philips products:” philips.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Philips e-Alert Unit (non-medical device)

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery

References

Sources

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