How severe is CVE-2018-9276?

CVE-2018-9276 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.2 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 87.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2018-9276: Paessler PRTG Network Monitor OS Command Injection

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Paessler PRTG Network Monitor OS Command Injection Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2025-02-04

Remediation due

2025-02-25

Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

CISA notes
https://www.paessler.com/prtg/history/prtg-18#18.2.39 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9276

Description

An issue was discovered in PRTG Network Monitor before 18.2.39. An attacker who has access to the PRTG System Administrator web console with administrative privileges can exploit an OS command injection vulnerability (both on the server and on devices) by sending malformed parameters in sensor or notification management scenarios.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA7.2 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	-	n/a

References

4 Links

Exploits & PoCs

46527

Mailing lists

20180626 PRTG < 18.2.39 Command Injection

Other references

Record Details

Published

2018-07-02

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

mitre

Credited to

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