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CVE-2018-8533
An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) when parsing malicious XML content…
Medium5.5EPSS 23.4%
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- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) when parsing malicious XML content containing a reference to an external entity, aka "SQL Server Management Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects SQL Server Management Studio 17.9, SQL Server Management Studio 18.0. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8527, CVE-2018-8532.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 23.4% · top 2.2% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
- Information Disclosure
- CWE-611 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
Microsoft · SQL Server Management Studio 17.9
- affected SQL Server Management Studio 17.9
Microsoft · SQL Server Management Studio 18.0
- affected (Preview 4)
References (4)
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8533 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 45583 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 1041826 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 105476 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .