What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-6489?

CVE-2018-6489 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 9.8 (Critical). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 1.3%.

Project And Portfolio Management Center CVE-2018-6489

CRITICAL

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CWE-611)

2018-02-22 security@opentext.com

XXE Project And Portfolio Management Center

9.8

CVSS 3.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

9.8 CRITICAL

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Feb 22, 2018 - 22:29 nvd

CRITICAL 9.8

DescriptionNVD

XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Micro Focus Project and Portfolio Management Center, version 9.32. This vulnerability can be exploited to allow XML External Entity (XXE)

AnalysisAI

XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Micro Focus Project and Portfolio Management Center, version 9.32. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as XML External Entity (XXE) (CWE-611), which allows attackers to read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing. XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Micro Focus Project and Portfolio Management Center, version 9.32. This vulnerability can be exploited to allow XML External Entity (XXE) Affected products include: Microfocus Project And Portfolio Management Center. Version information: version 9.32..

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Disable external entity processing in XML parsers, use JSON instead of XML where possible.