How severe is CVE-2018-1000854?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of CRITICAL with a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2018-1000854?

This is classified as CWE-74, which is a common weakness in software security.

CVE-2018-1000854

CRITICAL Year: 2018

CVSS v3 Score

9.8

Critical

CVSS v2 Score

7.5

High

Weakness Type

CWE-74

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Vulnerability Description

esigate.org esigate version 5.2 and earlier contains a CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') vulnerability in ESI directive with user specified XSLT that can result in Remote Code Execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via Use of another weakness in backend application to reflect ESI directives. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 5.3.

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CVSS:9.8(Critical)

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CVSS:9.8(Critical)

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