CVE-2018-1000825

FreeCol version <= nightly-2018-08-22 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in FreeColXMLReader parser that can result in Disclosure of confidential data, denial of service, SSRF, port scanning. This attack appear to be exploitable via Freecol file.

Published: 2018-12-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2018-1000825 is rated High Risk (68.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.94%). EPSS rose +1.69% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-1000825

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.24% 1.94% +1.69%
2 2025-03-30 0.48% 0.24% -0.23%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.48% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-1000825

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 3.0 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 6.0 [email protected]
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-1000825

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-1000825

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2018-1000825 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (freecol), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1000825
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-1000825 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (freecol), 19 status rows across 19 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 12, ignored 3, needs-triage 3, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000825

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-1000825

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
freecol freecol <= 2018-08-22 cpe:2.3:a:freecol:freecol:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-1000825

URL Tags
https://0dd.zone/2018/10/28/freecol-XXE/ Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/FreeCol/freecol/issues/26 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
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