CVE-2018-8920
Improper neutralization of escape vulnerability in Log Exporter in Synology DiskStation Manager ...
Improper neutralization of escape vulnerability in Log Exporter in Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) before 6.1.6-15266 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary content to have an unspecified impact by exporting an archive in CSV format.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Improper neutralization of escape vulnerability in Log Exporter in Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) before 6.1.6-15266 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary content to have an unspecified impact by exporting an archive in CSV format.
- Record
CVE-2018-8920- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-116
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-20528
Improper neutralization of escape vulnerability in Log Exporter in Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) before 6.1.6-15266 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary content to have an unspecified impact by exporting an archive in CSV format.
- Record
EUVD-2018-20528- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6972-2gcx-5qwg
Improper neutralization of escape vulnerability in Log Exporter in Synology DiskStation Manager ...
Improper neutralization of escape vulnerability in Log Exporter in Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) before 6.1.6-15266 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary content to have an unspecified impact by exporting an archive in CSV format.
- Record
GHSA-6972-2gcx-5qwg- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-116
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper neutralization of escape vulnerability in Log Exporter in Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) before 6.1.6-15266 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary content to have an unspecified impact by exporting an archive in CSV format.
- Record
CVE-2018-8920- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-116
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-8920 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Synology Diskstation Manager (dsm), published December 24, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.03%, the 63rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.