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CVE-2018-18249

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-18249 is a critical vulnerability affecting Icinga Web 2 versions prior to 2.6.2, allowing for PHP ini-file directive injection. Attackers can exploit this remotely with low complexity by manipulating environment variables, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the high CVSS score of 9.8 and FAUCET Risk Score of 79/100 underscore its severe potential impact.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:icinga:icinga_web_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0149 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00031.html
herolab.usd.de / wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2018/12/usd20180030.txt
ExploitThird Party Advisory