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CVE-2018-19410 — Paessler PRTG Network Monitor Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

PRTG Network Monitor before 18.2.40.1683 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to create users with read-write privileges (including administrator). A remote unauthenticated user can craft an HTTP request and override attributes of the 'include' directive in /public/l

CVSS
EPSS
93.00% (top 0.20%)
CWE
Published
2018-11-21T16:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2025-10-21T23:45:46.722Z
CVSS vector
CISA KEV — Actively Exploited
Added to KEV
2025-02-04
BOD 22-01 due
2025-02-25
Ransomware use
Unknown

01What is this vulnerability?

PRTG Network Monitor before 18.2.40.1683 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to create users with read-write privileges (including administrator). A remote unauthenticated user can craft an HTTP request and override attributes of the 'include' directive in /public/login.htm and perform a Local File Inclusion attack, by including /api/addusers and executing it. By providing the 'id' and…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
na / n/an/a

03Active exploitation status

Yes — actively exploited. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2025-02-04. Ransomware use: Unknown.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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