XXE in GE Proficy Cimplicity GDS versions 9.0 R2, 9.5, 10.0

published 2018-12-07 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-7240

cvss: 9.1; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.7%; EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits: 0; none known

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSA-18-340-01 updated 2018-12-06 cvss 8.2

GE Proficy GDS

General Electric (GE) Cimplicity 9.5, 10.0, 9.0 R2
affected: mitigation “GE recommends users update to Version 2.1 or newer.” ge-ip.flexnetoperations.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

2.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	9.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.4	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Affected products

n/a GE Proficy Cimplicity GDS

Classification

Weakness

CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov /advisories/ICSA-18-340-01
mitigation, third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
securityfocus.com /bid/106133
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
ics-cert.kaspersky.com /advisories/klcert-advisories/2018/12/07/klcert-18-025-general-electric-proficy-gds-xml-external-entity-xxe/
mitigation, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-15362
NVD CVE-2018-15362

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Summary