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CVE-2018-17186

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-17186 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Apache Syncope, where an authenticated administrator with workflow definition entitlements can leverage DTD to perform malicious operations such as file read, write, and code execution. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is it listed on the KEV catalog, indicating it is not actively exploited. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting low public awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.0.0, <= 2.0.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:syncope:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.1.0, <= 2.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:syncope:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.2HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0249 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 5,530 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.syncope:syncope-coreFixed in: 2.0.11
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.syncope:syncope-coreFixed in: 2.1.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-qfjv-998w-q48fhigh

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in org.apache.syncope:syncope-core

Nov 6, 2018

References

syncope.apache.org / security
MitigationVendor Advisory