What is CVE-2018-15486?

CVE-2018-15486 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Kone Group Controller, classified under Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2018-09-07.

How severe is CVE-2018-15486?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Kone Group Controller

CVE-2018-15486

An issue was discovered on KONE Group Controller (KGC) devices before 4.6.5. Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion and File modification is possible through the open HTTP interface by modifying the name parameter of the file endpoint, aka KONE-02.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.021 (80.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-829 — Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

References

www.kone.com/en/vulnerability.aspx (Vendor Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/149252/KONE-KGC-4.6.4-DoS-Code-Execution-LFI-Bypa… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-15486?: CVE-2018-15486 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Kone Group Controller, classified under Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2018-09-07.
How severe is CVE-2018-15486?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.