{"id":"CVE-2018-6486","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-6486","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:34:00.722Z","title":"XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Micro Focus Fortify Audit Workbench (AWB) and Micro Focus Fortify Software Security Center (SSC), versions 16.10, 16.20, 17.10.","description":"XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Micro Focus Fortify Audit Workbench (AWB) and Micro Focus Fortify Software Security Center (SSC), versions 16.10, 16.20, 17.10. This vulnerability could be exploited to allow a XML External Entity (XXE) injection.","published":"2018-02-02T14:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:01:54.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@opentext.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-611"],"affected":["microfocus/fortify audit workbench","microfocus/fortify software security center"],"epss":{"score":0.01193,"percentile":0.67845,"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":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.19%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102902","source":"security@opentext.com"},{"url":"https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/document/-/facetsearch/document/KM03083653","source":"security@opentext.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102902","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/document/-/facetsearch/document/KM03083653","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6486","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."}