What is CVE-2018-17169?

CVE-2018-17169 is a high-severity vulnerability in Printeron, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2019-04-23.

How severe is CVE-2018-17169?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.

XXE in Printeron

CVE-2018-17169

An XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in PrinterOn version 4.1.4 and lower allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files or conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks via a crafted DTD in an XML request.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

Published 2019-04-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.5% 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: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Printeron

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2018-17169-XXE-PrinterON (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17169?: CVE-2018-17169 is a high-severity vulnerability in Printeron, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2019-04-23.
How severe is CVE-2018-17169?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.