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.

Published 2018-06-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (75.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Gamerpolls — versions 0.4.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

github.com/GamerPolls/gamerpolls.com/pull/56 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/GamerPolls/gamerpolls.com/blob/03ccbaf219410e0a45390d0efc12017f08a25… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
www.digitalinterruption.com/single-post/2018/06/04/Are-Your-Cookies-Telling-You… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

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.