What is CVE-2018-16792?

CVE-2018-16792 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Solarwinds Sftp\/scp Server, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2018-12-05.

How severe is CVE-2018-16792?

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

XXE in Solarwinds Sftp\/scp Server

CVE-2018-16792

SolarWinds SFTP/SCP server through 2018-09-10 is vulnerable to XXE via a world readable and writable configuration file that allows an attacker to exfiltrate data.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

Published 2018-12-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (71.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 71.8% 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

Solarwinds Sftp\/scp Server

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/0 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16792?: CVE-2018-16792 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Solarwinds Sftp\/scp Server, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2018-12-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-16792?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.