CVE-2018-9276 on CISA KEV

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 parame

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

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.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

03Notes & references

• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/148334/PRTG-Command-Injection.html
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46527/
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/542103/100/0/threaded
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161183/PRTG-Network-Monitor-Remote-Code-Exe…

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

06Detection

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