What is CVE-2018-10966?

CVE-2018-10966 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gamerpolls, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2018-06-05.

How severe is CVE-2018-10966?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Gamerpolls

CVE-2018-10966

An issue was discovered in GamerPolls 0.4.6, related to config/environments/all.js and config/initializers/02_passport.js. An attacker can edit the Passport.js contents of the session cookie to contain the ID number of the account they wish to take over, and re-sign it using the hard coded secret.

EPSS: 0.016 (73.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Gamerpolls — versions 0.4.6
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10966?: CVE-2018-10966 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gamerpolls, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2018-06-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-10966?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.