{"id":"CVE-2018-4072","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-4072","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:17:07.927Z","title":"An exploitable Permission Assignment vulnerability exists in the ACEManager EmbeddedAceSet_Task.cgi functionality of Sierra Wireless AirLink ES450 FW 4.9.3.","description":"An exploitable Permission Assignment vulnerability exists in the ACEManager EmbeddedAceSet_Task.cgi functionality of Sierra Wireless AirLink ES450 FW 4.9.3. The EmbeddedAceSet_Task.cgi executable is used to change MSCII configuration values within the configuration manager of the AirLink ES450. This binary does not have any restricted configuration settings, so once the MSCIID is discovered, any authenticated user can send configuration changes using the /cgi-bin/Embedded_Ace_Set_Task.cgi endpoint.","published":"2019-05-06T19:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:58:20.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"talos-cna@cisco.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-732"],"affected":["sierrawireless/airlink es450 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.26431,"percentile":0.97998,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.14952,"percentile":0.96613},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.26431,"percentile":0.97915}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 26.4%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.26431,"from":0.14952,"percentile":0.97915},"summary":"EPSS moved from 15.0% to 26.4% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0756","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"talos-cna@cisco.com"},{"url":"https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0756","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4072","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."}