What is CVE-2018-17289?

CVE-2018-17289 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kofax Front Office Server, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2018-17289?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

XXE in Kofax Front Office Server

CVE-2018-17289

An XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Kofax Front Office Server Administration Console version 4.1.1.11.0.5212 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via crafted XML inside an imported package configuration (.ZIP file) within the Kofax/KFS/Admin/PackageService/package/upload file parameter.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

EPSS: 0.015 (72.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Kofax Front_office_server — versions 4.1.1.11.0.5212
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17289?: CVE-2018-17289 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kofax Front Office Server, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-17289?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.