Paessler · Prtg Network Monitor · CVE-2018-19410
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
PRTG Network Monitor versions prior to 18.2.40.1683
**Description**
The issue is related to insecure privilege management in PRTG Network Monitor, allowing remote unauthenticated attackers to create users with read-write privileges, including administrators. This can be achieved by crafting an HTTP request to override attributes of the 'include' directive in /public/login.htm, performing a Local File Inclusion attack by including and executing /api/addusers. The attack involves providing the `id` and `users` parameters.
**Recommendations**
For versions prior to 18.2.40.1683, update to version 18.2.40.1683 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the /public/login.htm and /api/addusers endpoints to minimize the risk of exploitation. Additionally, restrict the use of the `id` and `users` parameters in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved.