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CVE-2018-12463
MFSBGN03811 rev.1 - Fortify Software Security Center (SSC), Multiple vulnerabilities
High7.3EPSS 13.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microfocus
Description
An XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Fortify Software Security Center (SSC), version 17.1, 17.2, 18.1 allows remote unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files or conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks via a crafted DTD in an XML request.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microfocusCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.8% · top 3.5% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.
Weakness
- Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF)
- CWE-611 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-611 and its CVEs
Affected products
Micro Focus · Fortify Software Security Center
- affected 17.1, 17.2, 18.1
What to do
Exploitation: Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF)
References (3)
- 1041286 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/document/-/facetsearch/document/KM03201563 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 45027 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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