What is CVE-2018-5789?

CVE-2018-5789 is a high-severity vulnerability in Extremewireless Wing, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-02-05.

How severe is CVE-2018-5789?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

XXE in Extremewireless Wing

CVE-2018-5789

An issue was discovered in Extreme Networks ExtremeWireless WiNG 5.x before 5.8.6.9 and 5.9.x before 5.9.1.3. There is a Remote, Unauthenticated XML Entity Expansion Denial of Service on the WiNG Access Point / Controller via crafted XML entities to the Web User Interface.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

EPSS: 0.011 (61.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Extremewireless Wing
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5789?: CVE-2018-5789 is a high-severity vulnerability in Extremewireless Wing, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-02-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-5789?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.