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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2018-17431 in the critical feed json

Web Console in Comodo UTM Firewall before 2.7.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code without authentication via a crafted URL.

published 2019-01-29 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-9184

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
83.9%
EPSS 83.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.6%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

Web Console in Comodo UTM Firewall before 2.7.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code without authentication via a crafted URL.

Patch / fix

  • comodo unified_threat_management_firewall 2.7.0

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-48825)

Exploit prediction

83.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-48825 Comodo Unified Threat Management Web Console 2.7.0 - Remote Code Execution webapps, 2020-09-22
  • Nuclei template Comodo Unified Threat Management Web Console - Remote Code Execution nuclei detection template
  • github.com https://github.com/Fadavvi/CVE-2018-17431-PoC#confirmation-than-bug-exist-2018-09-25-ticket-id-xwr-503-79437 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159246/Comodo-Unified-Threat-Management-Web-Console-2.7.0-Remote-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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