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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2018-7837 json

An Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability exists on numerous methods of the IIoT Monitor 3.1.38 softwa…

published 2018-12-24 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-19549

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability exists on numerous methods of the IIoT Monitor 3.1.38 software that could allow the software to resolve documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the software to embed incorrect documents into its output and expose restricted information.

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSA-19-008-02 updated cvss 7.5

Schneider Electric IIoT Monitor (Update A)

  • Schneider Electric Software, LLC IIoT Monitor <= 3.1.38
    affected: mitigation “Schneider Electric has also released a security notification” schneider-electric.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

1.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Schneider Electric SE IIoT Monitor 3.1.38

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

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.