CVE-2018-9276
Actively exploited. CVE-2018-9276 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-02-04) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2018-9276 is indexed in Metasploit, Exploit-DB and GitHub PoC. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows an attacker with administrative privileges to execute commands via the PRTG System Administrator web console.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- The vulnerability allows an attacker with administrative privileges to execute commands via the web console.
- Who is affected
- Administrators of PRTG Network Monitor.
- Urgency
- Remediation is critical due to active exploitation and severity.
- Action
- Apply the latest security patch for PRTG Network Monitor.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 100% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Exploit availability
Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2018-9276 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.
- MetasploitA Metasploit Framework module targets this CVE — weaponized, point-and-click exploitation.look it up ↗
- Exploit-DBA public exploit is published in the Exploit-DB archive.look it up ↗
- GitHub PoCPublic proof-of-concept repositories on GitHub reference this CVE.look it up ↗
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2018-9276: Paessler PRTG Network Monitor OS Command Injection Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2025-02-04
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