Is CVE-2018-8533 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-8533 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-8533?

CVE-2018-8533 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-8533?

CVE-2018-8533 has an EPSS score of 23.37% (98th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2018-8533?

No published fix for CVE-2018-8533 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-8533

MEDIUMEPSS 98th pctl

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-611XML External Entity (XXE)

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

23.37%probability of exploitation in 30 days

98thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

portal.msrc.microsoft.com

Exploit1

exploit-db.com

Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-611 (XML External Entity (XXE)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2024-34102	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2019-9670	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-28219	Critical	9.8	97%	-	-
CVE-2024-22024	High	8.3	95%	-	-
CVE-2024-38653	High	7.5	92%	-	-
CVE-2017-12629	Critical	9.8	92%	-	Fix

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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.