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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2018-8845 json

In Advantech WebAccess versions V8.2_20170817 and prior, WebAccess versions V8.3.0 and prior, WebAccess Dashboard versions V.2.0.15 and pri…

published 2018-05-15 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-20453

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.6%
EPSS 5.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Advantech WebAccess versions V8.2_20170817 and prior, WebAccess versions V8.3.0 and prior, WebAccess Dashboard versions V.2.0.15 and prior, WebAccess Scada Node versions prior to 8.3.1, and WebAccess/NMS 2.0.3 and prior, a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified, which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Patch / fix

  • advantech webaccess_scada 8.3.1

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSA-18-135-01 updated cvss 9.8

Advantech WebAccess

  • Advantech WebAccess <= 8.3.0, <= 8.2_20170817 Advantech WebAccess Dashboard <=2.0.15 Advantech WebAccess Scada Node < 8.3.1 Advantech WebAccess/NMS <= 2.0.3
    affected: mitigation “Advantech has released Version 8.3.1 of WebAccess to address the reported vulnerabilities.”

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

5.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/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

  • Advantech WebAccess

Classification

Weakness

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.