CVE-2018-25272: Elba ELBA5

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

ELBA5 5.8.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows attackers to obtain database credentials and execute arbitrary commands with SYSTEM level permissions. Attackers can connect to the database using default connector credentials, decrypt the DBA password, and execute commands via the xp_cmdshell stored procedure or add backdoor users to the BEDIENER table.

Affected products

• Elba ELBA5: version 5.8.0 only

Published 2026-04-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.