CVE-2018-1844 is an XML External Entity (XXE) injection vulnerability affecting IBM FileNet Content Manager versions 5.2.1 and 5.5.0. This flaw allows an authenticated remote attacker to expose sensitive information or cause a denial-of-service by consuming memory resources. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.1 (High), the attack requires low privileges and no user interaction, making it relatively easy to exploit for significant impact on confidentiality and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:filenet_content_manager:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:filenet_content_manager:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.