CVE-2018-14485

CRITICAL

BlogEngine.NET 3.3 - XML External Entity (XXE)

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-14485. PoCs published by Netsparker.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is an advisory detailing an XML External Entity (XXE) Injection vulnerability in BlogEngine 3.3. The vulnerability allows an attacker to read arbitrary files from the server via a crafted POST request to the metaweblog.axd endpoint.

Description

BlogEngine.NET 3.3 allows XXE attacks via the POST body to metaweblog.axd.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Netsparker · textwebappswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46106

This is an advisory detailing an XML External Entity (XXE) Injection vulnerability in BlogEngine 3.3. The vulnerability allows an attacker to read arbitrary files from the server via a crafted POST request to the metaweblog.axd endpoint.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: BlogEngine 3.3
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target's metaweblog.axd endpoint
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46106/
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/rxtur/BlogEngine.NET/commits/master

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.1629
EPSS Percentile 96.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-611
Status published
Products (1)
blogengine/blogengine.net 3.3
Published May 07, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026