CVE-2018-8819
An XXE issue was discovered in Automated Logic Corporation (ALC) WebCTRL Versions 6.0, 6.1 and 6.5.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.91%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An XXE issue was discovered in Automated Logic Corporation (ALC) WebCTRL Versions 6.0, 6.1 and 6.5. An unauthenticated attacker could enter malicious input to WebCTRL and a weakly configured XML parser will allow the application to disclose full file contents from the underlying web server OS via the "X-Wap-Profile" HTTP header.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.91% probability · 87th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-611
- Affected
- carrier/automatedlogic webctrl
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.9% 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.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/148126/WebCTRL-Out-Of-Band-XML-Injection.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jun/21Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://hateshape.github.io/general/2018/06/07/CVE-2018-8819.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/148126/WebCTRL-Out-Of-Band-XML-Injection.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jun/21Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://hateshape.github.io/general/2018/06/07/CVE-2018-8819.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.