What is CVE-2018-12523?

CVE-2018-12523 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Perfsonar Monitoring And Debugging Dashboard, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-06-18.

How severe is CVE-2018-12523?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Perfsonar Monitoring And Debugging Dashboard

CVE-2018-12523

An issue was discovered in perfSONAR Monitoring and Debugging Dashboard (MaDDash) 2.0.2. A direct request to /etc/ provides a directory listing.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2018-06-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.071 (94.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.071 · newest: 0.071 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Perfsonar Monitoring And Debugging Dashboard — versions 2.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

pastebin.com/eA5tGKf0 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44910/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12523?: CVE-2018-12523 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Perfsonar Monitoring And Debugging Dashboard, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-06-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-12523?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.