CVE-2018-17289 — An XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Kofax Front Office Server Administration Console version 4.1.1.11.0.5212 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via crafted XML inside an imported package configuration (.ZIP file) within the Kofax/KFS/Admin/PackageService/package/upload file parameter

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An XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Kofax Front Office Server Administration Console version 4.1.1.11.0.5212 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via crafted XML inside an imported package configuration (.ZIP file) within the Kofax/KFS/Admin/PackageService/package/upload file parameter

Published Apr 18, 2019

6.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.51%

Description

An XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Kofax Front Office Server Administration Console version 4.1.1.11.0.5212 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via crafted XML inside an imported package configuration (.ZIP file) within the Kofax/KFS/Admin/PackageService/package/upload file parameter.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.51% 0.01514

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01514

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.51% (0.01514)	73.56th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.54% (0.01543)	71.62th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.19% (0.00188)	56.59th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 10, 2024	0.19% (0.00188)	56.50th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.19% (0.00188)	54.45th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.52% (0.00523)	12.55th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.52% (0.00523)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-611

XXE

References (1)

https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2018-17289-XXE-Kofax
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2018-17289-XXE-Kofax		x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 18, 2019

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Sep 20, 2018

Link CVE-2018-17289

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2018-17289

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2018-17289