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CVE-2018-5955

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 80.98% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-01-21 · 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. Its EPSS score suggests a 81.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.

Public Exploit Signal

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

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CVE
CVE-2018-5955
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
80.98%

Original NVD Description

An issue was discovered in GitStack through 2.3.10. User controlled input is not sufficiently filtered, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to add a user to the server via the username and password fields to the rest/user/ URI.