What is CVE-2018-5728?

CVE-2018-5728 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cobham Seatel 121, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-01-16.

How severe is CVE-2018-5728?

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

Is CVE-2018-5728 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Information disclosure in Cobham Seatel 121

CVE-2018-5728

Cobham Sea Tel 121 build 222701 devices allow remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information via a /cgi-bin/getSysStatus request, as demonstrated by the Latitude/Longitude of the ship, or satellite details.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2018-01-16 · 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: 0.013 (69.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 69.9% 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

misteralfa-hack.blogspot.cl/2018/01/seatelcobham-donde-esta-mi-barco.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5728?: CVE-2018-5728 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cobham Seatel 121, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-01-16.
How severe is CVE-2018-5728?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-5728 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.