Is CVE-2018-8938 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-8938 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-8938?

CVE-2018-8938 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-8938?

CVE-2018-8938 has an EPSS score of 2.29% (81th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-8938?

Upgrade whatsup gold to 18.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-8938

CRITICALEPSS 81th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A Code Injection issue was discovered in DlgSelectMibFile.asp in Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold before 2018 (18.0). Malicious actors can inject a specially crafted SNMP MIB file that could allow them to execute arbitrary commands and code on the WhatsUp Gold server.

CWE-94Code Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

whatsup goldNVD

Affected:< 18.0Fixed in:18.0CVE-2018-8938derived 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

2.29%probability of exploitation in 30 days

81stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 81% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

docs.ipswitch.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-94 (Code Injection) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2017-9841	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-1635	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2022-22954	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-22204	Medium	6.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-3248	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2012-0158	High	8.8	100%	KEV	-

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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.