{"id":"CVE-2018-17889","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-17889","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:49:05.344Z","title":"PI Studio HMI versions 4.1.9 and prior and PI Studio versions 4.2.34 and prior when parsing project files, the XMLParser that ships with Wecon PIStudio is vulnerable to a XML external entity injection attack, which may allow sensitive information…","description":"In WECON Technology Co., Ltd. PI Studio HMI versions 4.1.9 and prior and PI Studio versions 4.2.34 and prior when parsing project files, the XMLParser that ships with Wecon PIStudio is vulnerable to a XML external entity injection attack, which may allow sensitive information disclosure.","published":"2018-10-08T12:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:46:28.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-611"],"affected":["we-con/pi studio","we-con/pi studio hmi"],"epss":{"score":0.01248,"percentile":0.6919,"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 (1.25%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-277-01","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov"},{"url":"https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-277-01","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17889","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."}