What is CVE-2018-9279?

CVE-2018-9279 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eaton 9px Ups, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2018-10-24.

How severe is CVE-2018-9279?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Eaton 9px Ups

CVE-2018-9279

An issue was discovered on Eaton UPS 9PX 8000 SP devices. The appliance discloses the user's password. The web page displayed by the appliance contains the password in cleartext. Passwords could be retrieved by browsing the source code of the webpage.

Published 2018-10-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (62.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 62.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

www.bishopfox.com/news/2018/10/eaton-ups-9px-8000-sp-multiple-vulnerabilities/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-9279?: CVE-2018-9279 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eaton 9px Ups, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2018-10-24.
How severe is CVE-2018-9279?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.