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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-6225

An XML external entity injection (XXE) vulnerability in Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5 could allow an authenticated user to expose a normally protected configuration script.

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 3.91%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 3.9%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

An XML external entity injection (XXE) vulnerability in Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5 could allow an authenticated user to expose a normally protected configuration script.

CVSS 3.0
4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS
3.91% probability · 90th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 22 February 2018
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-611
Affected
trendmicro/email encryption gateway
Source
security@trendmicro.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 3.91%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 3.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-44166source ↗Trend Micro Email Encryption Gateway 5.5 (Build 1111.00) - Multiple Vulnerabilitiesjsp · Core Securitywebapps22 February 2018yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.