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CVE-2018-14485

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-14485 describes a critical XML External Entity (XXE) injection vulnerability in BlogEngine.NET version 3.3, allowing attackers to exploit the metaweblog.axd endpoint via a crafted POST body. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently on the CISA KEV catalog or Hot List, an exploit module is available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:blogengine:blogengine.net:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
16.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-46106 · Jan 9, 2019
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1629 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 36,821 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/151063/BlogEngine-3.3-XML-External-Entity-Injection.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
github.com / rxtur/BlogEngine.NET/commits/master
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/46106
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry