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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2018-12464 in the critical feed json

Unauthenticated SQL injection in Micro Focus Secure Messaging Gateway

published 2018-06-29 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-4434

cvss
10.0
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
80.7%
EPSS 80.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.6%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

A SQL injection vulnerability in the web administration and quarantine components of Micro Focus Secure Messaging Gateway allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL statements against the database. This can be exploited to create an administrative account and used in conjunction with CVE-2018-12465 to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution. Affects Micro Focus Secure Messaging Gateway versions prior to 471. It does not affect previous versions of the product that use the GWAVA product name (i.e. GWAVA 6.5).

Patch / fix

  • Micro Focus Secure Messaging Gateway 471

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/http/microfocus_secure_messaging_gateway)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

80.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 10.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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

Affected products

  • Micro Focus Secure Messaging Gateway

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.