What is CVE-2018-5443?

CVE-2018-5443 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Advantech Webaccess\/scada, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-01-25.

How severe is CVE-2018-5443?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Advantech Webaccess\/scada

CVE-2018-5443

A SQL Injection issue was discovered in Advantech WebAccess/SCADA versions prior to V8.2_20170817. WebAccess/SCADA does not properly sanitize its inputs for SQL commands.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2018-01-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 66.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Advantech Webaccess\/scada
Advantech Webaccess/scada — versions Advantech WebAccess/SCADA

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-023-01 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/102781 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5443?: CVE-2018-5443 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Advantech Webaccess\/scada, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-01-25.
How severe is CVE-2018-5443?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.