CVE-2018-17889 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2018-17889

In WECON Technology Co., Ltd. PI Studio HMI versions 4.1.9...

Vulnerability Description

In WECON Technology Co., Ltd. PI Studio HMI versions 4.1.9 and prior and PI Studio versions 4.2.34 and prior when parsing project files, the XMLParser that ships with Wecon PIStudio is vulnerable to a XML external entity injection attack, which may allow sensitive information disclosure.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

PI Studio HMI, PI Studio
Vulnerable Versions:
4.1.9 and prior, 4.2.34 and prior

Timeline

Official Publish: October 8th, 2018
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-611

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection
T1040 Network Sniffing
Collection
T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
Command and Control
T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service
Impact