What is CVE-2018-16386?

CVE-2018-16386 is a high-severity vulnerability in Swift Alliance Web Platform, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-07-05.

How severe is CVE-2018-16386?

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

Vulnerability in Swift Alliance Web Platform

CVE-2018-16386

An issue was discovered in SWIFT Alliance Web Platform 7.1.23. A log injection (and an arbitrary log filename) can be achieved via the PATH_INFO to swp/login/EJBRemoteService/, related to com.swift.ejbgwt.j2ee.client.EjBlnvocationException error log information containing null@java:comp/env/ error messages.

Published 2019-07-05 · 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:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (65.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 65.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Swift Alliance Web Platform — versions 7.1.23

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-116 — Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

References

gist.github.com/shiham101/8763642e768582e0182f92cd41c482ec (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16386?: CVE-2018-16386 is a high-severity vulnerability in Swift Alliance Web Platform, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-07-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-16386?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.