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CVE-2018-6961

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-6961 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting VMware NSX SD-WAN Edge by VeloCloud versions prior to 3.1.0, specifically within its local web UI component. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 8.1 (High) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for unauthenticated remote code execution, leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is actively exploited, listed in the CISA KEV catalog, and has publicly available exploit code, including a Nuclei template and an ExploitDB entry, garnering significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:nsx_sd-wan_by_velocloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.1HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
86.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Mar 25, 2022
Nuclei: CVE-2018-6961 · Dec 30, 2025
ExploitDB: EDB-44959 · Jul 2, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8643 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 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

Vendor Patches (1)

vmwarevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
exploit-db.com / exploits/44959
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/104185
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041210
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0011.html
Vendor Advisory