CVE-2018-9078
Iomega and LenovoEMC NAS Web UI Vulnerabilities
For some Iomega, Lenovo, LenovoEMC NAS devices versions 4.1.402.34662 and earlier, the Content Explorer application grants users the ability to upload files to shares and this image was rendered in the browser in the device's origin instead of prompting to download the asset. The application does not prevent the user from uploading SVG images and returns these images within their origin. As a result, malicious users can upload SVG images that contain arbitrary JavaScript that is evaluated when the victim issues a request to download the file.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
For some Iomega, Lenovo, LenovoEMC NAS devices versions 4.1.402.34662 and earlier, the Content Explorer application grants users the ability to upload files to shares and this image was rendered in the browser in the device's origin instead of prompting to download the asset. The application does not prevent the user from uploading SVG images and returns these images within their origin. As a result, malicious users can upload SVG images that contain arbitrary JavaScript that is evaluated when the victim issues a request to download the file.
- Record
CVE-2018-9078- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Iomega and LenovoEMC NAS Web UI Vulnerabilities
For some Iomega, Lenovo, LenovoEMC NAS devices versions 4.1.402.34662 and earlier, the Content Explorer application grants users the ability to upload files to shares and this image was rendered in the browser in the device's origin instead of prompting to download the asset. The application does not prevent the user from uploading SVG images and returns these images within their origin. As a result, malicious users can upload SVG images that contain arbitrary JavaScript that is evaluated when the victim issues a request to download the file.
- Record
CVE-2018-9078- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-20681 No score
For some Iomega, Lenovo, LenovoEMC NAS devices versions 4.1.402.34662 and earlier, the Content Explorer application grants users the ability to upload files to shares and this image was rendered in the browser in the device's origin instead of prompting to download the asset. The application does not prevent the user from uploading SVG images and returns these images within their origin. As a result, malicious users can upload SVG images that contain arbitrary JavaScript that is evaluated when the victim issues a request to download the file.
- Record
EUVD-2018-20681- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m6x7-7j96-472m
For some Iomega, Lenovo, LenovoEMC NAS devices versions 4.1.402.34662 and earlier, the Content...
For some Iomega, Lenovo, LenovoEMC NAS devices versions 4.1.402.34662 and earlier, the Content Explorer application grants users the ability to upload files to shares and this image was rendered in the browser in the device's origin instead of prompting to download the asset. The application does not prevent the user from uploading SVG images and returns these images within their origin. As a result, malicious users can upload SVG images that contain arbitrary JavaScript that is evaluated when the victim issues a request to download the file.
- Record
GHSA-m6x7-7j96-472m- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- lenovo group ltd lenovoemc
- lenovo group ltd ez media and backup center
- lenovo group ltd iomega storcenter
- lenovo ez media \& backup center firmware
- lenovo ix2 firmware
- lenovo ix4-300d firmware
- lenovo px12-400r firmware
- lenovo px12-450r firmware
- lenovo px2-300d firmware
- lenovo px4-300d firmware
- lenovo px4-300r firmware
- lenovo px4-400d firmware
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- lenovo px4-400r firmware
- lenovo px6-300d firmware
- lenovo storcenter ix2-dl firmware
- lenovo storcenter ix2 firmware
- lenovo storcenter ix4-300d firmware
- lenovo storcenter px12-400r firmware
- lenovo storcenter px12-450r firmware
- lenovo storcenter px2-300d firmware
- lenovo storcenter px4-300d firmware
- lenovo storcenter px4-300r firmware
- lenovo storcenter px6-300d firmware
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-2018-9078 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Lenovo Group Ltd Lenovoemc, published September 28, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.04%, the 64th percentile. No source names a fixed version.