Vulnerability Intelligence Report
CVE-2018-16988
An issue was discovered in Open XDMoD through 7.5.0. An authentication bypass (account takeover) exists due to a weak password reset mechanism. A brute-force attack against an MD5 rid value requires only 600 guesses in the plausible situation where the attacker knows that the victim has started a password-reset process (pass_reset.php, password_reset.php, XDUser.php) in the past few minutes.
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
9.8
CRITICAL
EPSS Probability:1.60%
Executive Threat Verdict
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| buffalo | open_xdmod | all |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
EPSS Score
1.603%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | MITRE Corporation · N/A · USA |
| Reserved | 2018-09-13T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2019-05-02T19:38:07 |
| Patch Date | 2019-04-30 |
| Last Updated | 2024-08-05T10:39:58 |
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