{"id":"CVE-2018-11477","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-11477","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:21:06.694Z","title":"The combination of this vulnerability with the lack of wireless network protection exposes all transferred car data to the public.","description":"An issue was discovered on Vgate iCar 2 Wi-Fi OBD2 Dongle devices. The data packets that are sent between the iOS or Android application and the OBD dongle are not encrypted. The combination of this vulnerability with the lack of wireless network protection exposes all transferred car data to the public.","published":"2018-05-30T21:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:36:01.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-319"],"affected":["vgate/icar 2 wi-fi obd2 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.00475,"percentile":0.40845,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.47%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/May/66","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.sec-consult.com/en/blog/advisories/unprotected-wifi-access-unencrypted-data-transfer-in-vgate-icar2-wifi-obd2-dongle/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/May/66","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.sec-consult.com/en/blog/advisories/unprotected-wifi-access-unencrypted-data-transfer-in-vgate-icar2-wifi-obd2-dongle/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11477","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."}