{"id":"CVE-2018-10832","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-10832","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:26:17.949Z","title":"ModbusPal 1.6b is vulnerable to an XML External Entity (XXE) attack.","description":"ModbusPal 1.6b is vulnerable to an XML External Entity (XXE) attack. Projects are saved as .xmpp files and automations can be exported as .xmpa files, both XML-based, which are vulnerable to XXE injection. Sending a crafted .xmpp or .xmpa file to a user, when opened/imported in ModbusPal, will return the contents of any local files to a remote attacker.","published":"2018-05-11T21:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:34:44.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-611"],"affected":["modbuspal project/modbuspal"],"epss":{"score":0.05715,"percentile":0.92986,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2018-05-10","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":44607,"kind":"exploit","title":"ModbusPal 1.6b - XML External Entity Injection","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44607","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/java/webapps/44607.txt","file":"exploits/java/webapps/44607.txt","published":"2018-05-10","added":"2018-05-10","updated":"2018-05-10","author":"Trent Gordon","type":"webapps","platform":"java","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2018-10832"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comModbusPal.jar","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 5.7%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/147573/ModbusPal-1.6b-XML-External-Entity-Injection.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44607/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/147573/ModbusPal-1.6b-XML-External-Entity-Injection.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44607/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10832","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}