CVE-2018-9276

7.2

CVSS
High

PUBLISHED

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...

Exploited in the wild Remote Low complexity No user interaction

Vendor: Paessler AG
Product: PRTG Network Monitor
Published: Jul 02, 2018
EPSS: —

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.

ios cisa metasploit

CVSS scores

CVSS v3.1 7.2 High

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

CVSS v2.0 9.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitation status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2025-02-04 00:00:00 UTC · Source

SSVC decision points

Exploitation: active
Automatable: No
Technical impact: total

References

Known exploited vulnerability sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source	Added
CISA	Feb 04, 2025

Scanner integrations

Scanner	Reference	Detected
Metasploit	https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/prtg_authenticated_rce.rb	Apr 28, 2025

Potential proof of concepts

These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

prtg_authenticated_rce

metasploit · Created Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2018-9276

alvinsmith-eroad/CVE-2018-9276

github · Created 2021-07-29 09:08:18 UTC · 0 stars

CVE-2018-9276 PRTG < 18.2.39 Reverse Shell (Python3 support)

andyfeili/CVE-2018-9276

github · Created 2021-01-02 09:08:42 UTC · 0 stars

wildkindcc/CVE-2018-9276

github · Created 2019-03-31 08:51:07 UTC · 36 stars

CVE-2018-9276 PRTG < 18.2.39 Authenticated Command Injection (Reverse Shell)

Vulnerability detail