Is CVE-2018-6885 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-6885 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-6885?

CVE-2018-6885 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-6885?

CVE-2018-6885 has an EPSS score of 1.43% (70th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-6885?

Upgrade web services to 10.11 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-6885

CRITICAL

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in MicroStrategy Web Services (the Microsoft Office plugin) before 10.4 Hotfix 7, and before 10.11. The vulnerability is unauthenticated and leads to access to the asset files with the MicroStrategy user privileges. (This includes the credentials to access the admin dashboard which may lead to RCE.) The path traversal is located in a SOAP request in the web service component.

CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

web servicesNVD

Affected:>= 10.5, < 10.11Fixed in:10.11CVE-2018-6885derived from NVD

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

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.43%probability of exploitation in 30 days

70thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 70% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

community.microstrategy.com

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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.