What is CVE-2018-5412?

CVE-2018-5412 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imperva Securesphere, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-01-10.

How severe is CVE-2018-5412?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

RCE in Imperva Securesphere

CVE-2018-5412

Imperva SecureSphere running v12.0.0.50 is vulnerable to local arbitrary code execution, escaping sealed-mode.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2019-01-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (47.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 47.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Imperva Securesphere — versions 12.0.0.50

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45132 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5412?: CVE-2018-5412 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imperva Securesphere, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-01-10.
How severe is CVE-2018-5412?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.