CVE-2018-15706
WADashboard API in Advantech WebAccess 8.3.1 and 8.3.2 allows remote authenticated attackers to read any file on the filesystem due to a directory traversal vulnerability in the readFile API.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 32.4%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
WADashboard API in Advantech WebAccess 8.3.1 and 8.3.2 allows remote authenticated attackers to read any file on the filesystem due to a directory traversal vulnerability in the readFile API.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 32.37% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- advantech/webaccess
- Source
- vulnreport@tenable.com
EPSS moved from 22.4% on 21 September 2026 to 32.4% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-35Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-35Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.