What is CVE-2018-12977?

CVE-2018-12977 is a high-severity vulnerability in Softexpert Excellence Suite, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-07-09.

How severe is CVE-2018-12977?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Softexpert Excellence Suite

CVE-2018-12977

A SQL injection vulnerability in the SoftExpert (SE) Excellence Suite 2.0 allows remote authenticated users to perform SQL heuristics by pulling information from the database with the "cddocument" parameter in the "Downloading Electronic Documents" section.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2018-07-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (72.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.014 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Softexpert Excellence Suite — versions 2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44981/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12977?: CVE-2018-12977 is a high-severity vulnerability in Softexpert Excellence Suite, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-07-09.
How severe is CVE-2018-12977?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.