What is CVE-2018-1000515?

CVE-2018-1000515 is a high-severity vulnerability in News-Articles Project, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-06-26.

How severe is CVE-2018-1000515?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

XXE in News-Articles Project

CVE-2018-1000515

ventrian News-Articles version NewsArticles.00.09.11 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in News-Articles/API/MetaWebLog/Handler.ashx.vb that can result in Attacker can read any file in the server or use smbrelay attack to access to server..

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

Published 2018-06-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (70.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 70.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

News-Articles Project — versions 00.09.11

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

References

drive.google.com/drive/folders/1P7djpYX8VQ0oplhOCMFNdKQByCcw2ncU (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1000515?: CVE-2018-1000515 is a high-severity vulnerability in News-Articles Project, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-06-26.
How severe is CVE-2018-1000515?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.