CVE-2018-8974
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention MicrobeTRACE 0.1.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to code injection via a crafted CSV file with an initial 'Source<script type="text/javascript" src=' line.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.96%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention MicrobeTRACE 0.1.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to code injection via a crafted CSV file with an initial 'Source<script type="text/javascript" src=' line. Fix released on 2018-03-28.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.96% probability · 90th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- cdc/microbetrace
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 5.9% on 21 September 2026 to 4.0% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- https://github.com/CDCgov/MicrobeTRACE/releases/tag/v0.1.11Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/CDCgov/MicrobeTrace/commit/3142b76c082bd83e1506c9840fbe0b6da382e682
- https://github.com/wshepherd0010/advisories/blob/master/CVE-2018-8974.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/CDCgov/MicrobeTRACE/releases/tag/v0.1.11Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/CDCgov/MicrobeTrace/commit/3142b76c082bd83e1506c9840fbe0b6da382e682
- https://github.com/wshepherd0010/advisories/blob/master/CVE-2018-8974.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.