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CVE-2018-6569

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-6569 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in West Wind Web Server 6.x, specifically affecting the /ADMIN.ASP interface. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to gain full administrative access, leading to a high-impact compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:west-wind:web_connection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0151 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 17,822 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

dfdrconsulting.com / cve-2018-6569-west-wind-web-server-unauthenticated-admin-access-process-execution-termination
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