CVE-2018-1542

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

2.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 82.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-07-06 14:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-17 00:51Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-12-13

Assigning CNA

ibm

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.1)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-611Improper Restriction of XML External Entity ReferenceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

26c99d1e48d03aef45222c49e210736853350133b64ed7de99f60781f330f93a

• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-filenet-cve20181542-xxe(142597)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/142597vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• www.ibm.comhttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22015943x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1041225http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041225vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK