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critical 9.8

CVE-2018-11586 in the critical feed json

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in api/rest/status in SearchBlox 8.6.7 allows remote unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files…

published 2018-06-05 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-3612

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
14.7%
EPSS 14.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in api/rest/status in SearchBlox 8.6.7 allows remote unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files or conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks via a crafted DTD in an XML request.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-44827)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

14.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-44827 SearchBlox 8.6.7 - XML External Entity Injection webapps, 2018-06-04
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/148032/SearchBlox-8.6.7-XML-External-Entity-Injection.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • gurelahmet.com https://gurelahmet.com/searchblox-8-6-7-out-of-band-xml-external-entity-oob-xxe-cve-2018-11586/ 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 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
  • CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery

References

Sources

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