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CVE-2018-16988

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 1.62% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-05-02 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2018-16988
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
1.62%

Original NVD Description

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.

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