No exploitation reported

CVE-2018-18997

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2019-01-03
WeaknessCWE-79

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

Description

Pluto Safety PLC Gateway Ethernet devices in ABB GATE-E1 and GATE-E2 all versions allows an unauthenticated attacker using the administrative web interface to insert an HTML/Javascript payload into any of the device properties, which may allow an attacker to display/execute the payload in a visitor browser.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2019-01-0322:29CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

Block these indicators

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Versions per branch

NVD

Abb gate-e1 firmwareversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
—	all versions	no fix published	NVD

Abb gate-e2 firmwareversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
—	all versions	no fix published	NVD

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Vendor advisories

ICSA-18-352-01 CISA2 known affected
ABB GATE-E2
GATE-E2 - GATE-E1 (EOL 2013), and · GATE-E2 - GATE-E2 (EOL OCT 2018)

Full record on NVD

Fix

Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-18-352-01 · 2 productsABB will not be releasing updated firmware, as both GATE-E1 and GATE-E2 have reached end of life (EOL). ABB recommends implementing defense-in-depth principles to minimize the risk that vulnerabilities are exploited.
Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-18-352-01 · 2 productsSeparate control system networks from other networks using firewall and managed switches that have minimal number of ports exposed.
Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-18-352-01 · 2 productsPhysically protect control system from unauthorized personnel.
Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-18-352-01 · 2 productsPortable computers and removable storage should be scanned for viruses before connected to control system.
Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-18-352-01 · 2 productsFor more information about these vulnerabilities, ABB has published advisories ABBVU-EPPC-3099-SE-002 and ABBVU-EPPC-3099-SE-003

Advisories and patches

ics-cert.us-cert.govMitigation

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

NVDCVSS 3.06.1read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 2.04.3read 2026-10-23
CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-79read 2026-10-23
NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-79read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score0.9 %2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Published: 2019-01-03
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-18997?

Is CVE-2018-18997 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2018-18997 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 0.9% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-18997?

CVE-2018-18997 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

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