CVE-2018-15705

highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.122 · 96 %ileexploit · PoCEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

12.2% (96th) EPSS

CVSS 8.5 · high

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

WADashboard API in Advantech WebAccess 8.3.1 and 8.3.2 allows remote authenticated attackers to write or overwrite any file on the filesystem due to a directory traversal vulnerability in the writeFile API. An attacker can use this vulnerability to remotely execute arbitrary code.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6–8.5

v2.08.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 9.2

v3.06.5mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6

v3.06mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-45774Advantech WebAccess SCADA 8.3.2 - Remote Code ExecutionPoC · exploit_db

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Advantech Advantech WebAccess≤ 8.3.1 and 8.3.2enisa_euvdEU
advantech webaccess= 8.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:advantech:webaccess:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advantech webaccess= 8.3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:advantech:webaccess:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-10-31modified 2026-06-17

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references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-35 cnnvd
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45774/enisa_euvd
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-35 enisa_euvd
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45774/ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-35ExploitThird Party Advisorynvd

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