CVE-2018-17305 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

UiPath Orchestrator through 2018.2.4 allows any authenticated user to change the information of arbitrary users (even administrators) leading to privilege escalation and remote code execution.

Published: 2019-04-11

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: 1.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:uipath:orchestrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-9060	UiPath Orchestrator through 2018.2.4 allows any authenticated user to change the information of arbitrary users (even administrators) leading to privilege escalation and remote code execution.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01532.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.uipath.com/product/release-notes/uipath-v2018.1.7

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.019}`	epss `{'score': 0.01805}`

Subscriptions

Uipath Orchestrator

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-04-11T16:16:21.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:47:04.176Z

Reserved: 2018-09-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-17305

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-04-11T17:29:00.227

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:45:38.530

Link: CVE-2018-17305

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-732
Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

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