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CVE-2018-1730

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1730 describes an XML External Entity (XXE) injection vulnerability affecting IBM QRadar SIEM versions 7.2 and 7.3. This flaw allows a remote, authenticated attacker to expose sensitive information or cause a denial of service by consuming memory resources. Rated 7.1 HIGH on the CVSS scale, it has a low attack complexity and requires low privileges, but does not involve user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.2.0, <= 7.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:qradar_security_information_and_event_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.3.0, <= 7.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:qradar_security_information_and_event_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:qradar_security_information_and_event_manager:7.2.8:p13:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:qradar_security_information_and_event_manager:7.3.1:p6:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
4.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0185 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 17,844 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

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/147709
VDB EntryVendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory