What is CVE-2018-5413?

CVE-2018-5413 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imperva Securesphere, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-01-10.

How severe is CVE-2018-5413?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Imperva Securesphere

CVE-2018-5413

Imperva SecureSphere running v13.0, v12.0, or v11.5 allows low privileged users to add SSH login keys to the admin user, resulting in privilege escalation.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (68.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 68.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Imperva Securesphere — versions unspecified, 12.0, 13.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45130 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5413?: CVE-2018-5413 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imperva Securesphere, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-01-10.
How severe is CVE-2018-5413?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.