CVE-2018-12463 is an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting Fortify Software Security Center (SSC) versions 17.1, 17.2, and 18.1. This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.8, allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files or perform Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attacks by submitting a specially crafted XML request containing a malicious DTD. While not observed in active exploitation (KEV), public exploit code is available on ExploitDB, indicating a clear path for attackers. Despite its high severity and exploit availability, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
17.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hp:fortify_software_security_center:17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
17.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hp:fortify_software_security_center:17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
18.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hp:fortify_software_security_center:18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.