VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-8819

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.91%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-06-14
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

An XXE issue was discovered in Automated Logic Corporation (ALC) WebCTRL Versions 6.0, 6.1 and 6.5. An unauthenticated attacker could enter malicious input to WebCTRL and a weakly configured XML parser will allow the application to disclose full file contents from the underlying web server OS via the "X-Wap-Profile" HTTP header.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Primary references