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CVE-2018-6228

45
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-6228 describes a critical SQL injection vulnerability in Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw by injecting SQL commands into a policy script, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution and full system compromise. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 95/100, this vulnerability poses a severe threat due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, public exploit code exists (EDB-44166), though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding its exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:email_encryption_gateway:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
10.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-44166 · Feb 22, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1044 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 36,835 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

success.trendmicro.com / solution/1119349
PatchVendor Advisory
coresecurity.com / advisories/trend-micro-email-encryption-gateway-multiple-vulnerabilities
ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/44166
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry