{"id":"CVE-2018-19410","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-19410","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T01:55:31.981Z","title":"Paessler PRTG Network Monitor Local File Inclusion Vulnerability","description":"PRTG Network Monitor before 18.2.40.1683 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to create users with read-write privileges (including administrator). A remote unauthenticated user can craft an HTTP request and override attributes of the 'include' directive in /public/login.htm and perform a Local File Inclusion attack, by including /api/addusers and executing it. By providing the 'id' and 'users' parameters, an unauthenticated attacker can create a user with read-write privileges (including administrator).","published":"2018-11-21T16:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:49:16.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["paessler/prtg network monitor"],"epss":{"score":0.97939,"percentile":0.99908,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2025-02-04","dueDate":"2025-02-25","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.\nhttps://www.paessler.com/prtg/history/prtg-18#18.2.41.1652 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19410"},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 25 February 2025). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.ptsecurity.com/ww-en/analytics/threatscape/pt-2018-24/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.ptsecurity.com/ww-en/analytics/threatscape/pt-2018-24/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-19410","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19410","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."}