What is CVE-2018-15717?

CVE-2018-15717 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Open Dental, classified under Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-12-12.

How severe is CVE-2018-15717?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Open Dental

CVE-2018-15717

Open Dental before version 18.4 stores user passwords as base64 encoded MD5 hashes.

EPSS: 0.005 (41.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Open Dental — versions 18.3 and below
Opendental

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-916 — Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort
CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

vulnreport@tenable.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-15717?: CVE-2018-15717 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Open Dental, classified under Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-12-12.
How severe is CVE-2018-15717?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.