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CVE-2018-9276

97
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-9276 is an OS command injection vulnerability affecting PRTG Network Monitor versions prior to 18.2.39. An authenticated attacker with administrative privileges can execute arbitrary commands on the server and monitored devices by manipulating sensor or notification management parameters. This vulnerability is rated High severity (CVSS 7.2) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The flaw is actively exploited in the wild, with public exploit code available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 18.2.39CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:paessler:prtg_network_monitor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
> 19.3.52, < 21.2.68CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:paessler:prtg_network_monitor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.2HIGH

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
87.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Feb 4, 2025
Metasploit: PRTG Network Monitor Authenticated RCE · Jun 25, 2018
ExploitDB: EDB-46527 · Mar 11, 2019
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8717 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 5,531 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

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

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
packetstormsecurity.com / files/148334/PRTG-Command-Injection.html
ExploitMitigationThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/161183/PRTG-Network-Monitor-Remote-Code-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/46527
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / archive/1/542103/100/0/threaded
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry