What is CVE-2018-1000554?

CVE-2018-1000554 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Trovebox, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-26.

How severe is CVE-2018-1000554?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Trovebox

CVE-2018-1000554

Trovebox version <= 4.0.0-rc6 contains a Unsafe password reset token generation vulnerability in user component that can result in Password reset. This attack appear to be exploitable via HTTP request. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit 742b8ed.

Published 2018-06-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (67.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 67.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Trovebox — versions 4.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-640 — Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

References

telekomsecurity.github.io/2018/04/trovebox-vulnerabilities.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1000554?: CVE-2018-1000554 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Trovebox, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-26.
How severe is CVE-2018-1000554?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.