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CVE-2018-14429

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-14429 describes a Local File Inclusion vulnerability in man-cgi versions prior to 1.16, allowing an attacker to read arbitrary files via absolute path traversal, as demonstrated by accessing /etc/passwd. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.0 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction, and leading to high confidentiality impact. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely targeted.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:man-cgi_project:man-cgi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0375 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/148855/man-cgi-Local-File-Inclusion.html
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / archive/1/542208/100/0/threaded
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry