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CVE-2018-6225

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-6225 is an XML external entity injection (XXE) vulnerability affecting Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5. An authenticated attacker can exploit this flaw to expose a protected configuration script. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (MEDIUM), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires authentication, but could lead to a partial loss of confidentiality. While exploit code exists on ExploitDB, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:email_encryption_gateway:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-44166 · Feb 22, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0399 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 21,977 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

success.trendmicro.com / solution/1119349
PatchVendor Advisory
coresecurity.com / advisories/trend-micro-email-encryption-gateway-multiple-vulnerabilities
ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/44166
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry