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CVE-2018-0784

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-0784 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting ASP.NET Core versions 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0, stemming from issues within its project templates. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, its high EPSS score and community discussion suggest a notable level of concern, despite no public exploit code being readily available through common channels like Metasploit or ExploitDB.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:asp.net_core:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
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
6.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0650 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 14,855 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: ASP.NET Core 2.0
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2018-Jan/CVE-2018-0784Important

ASP.NET Core Elevation Of Privilege Vulnerability

Jan 9, 2018

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0784
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/102377
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040151
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry