CVE-2018-15486

Q: How do I fix CVE-2018-15486?

Upgrade group controller firmware to 4.6.5 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2018-15486 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2018-15486 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 2.1% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 79% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2018-15486?

CVE-2018-15486 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2018-15486 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for group controller firmware (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

CRITICALEPSS 79th pctl

9.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered on KONE Group Controller (KGC) devices before 4.6.5. Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion and File modification is possible through the open HTTP interface by modifying the name parameter of the file endpoint, aka KONE-02.

CWE-829

How to fix

Remediation Available

group controller firmwareNVD

Affected:< 4.6.5Fixed in:4.6.5CVE-2018-15486derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

2.06%probability of exploitation in 30 days

79thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 79% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

packetstormsecurity.com

Vendor Advisory1

kone.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2018-17246	Critical	9.8	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-5762	High	8.1	72%	-	-
CVE-2018-7422	High	7.5	62%	-	-
CVE-2023-2249	High	8.8	61%	-	-
CVE-2025-32463	Critical	9.3	56%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2026-0770	Critical	9.8	56%	KEV	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2018-15486?

Upgrade group controller firmware to 4.6.5 or later.

Is CVE-2018-15486 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2018-15486 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 2.1% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 79% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2018-15486?

CVE-2018-15486 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2018-15486 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for group controller firmware (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.