Vulnerability in O.bike Obike-Stationless Bike Sharing

CVE-2018-16242

oBike relies on Hangzhou Luoping Smart Locker to lock bicycles, which allows attackers to bypass the locking mechanism by using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to replay ciphertext based on a predictable nonce used in the locking protocol.

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CVSS v3 metric

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

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.6th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 50.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-16242: held from 0.007 to 0.007.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16242?
CVE-2018-16242 is a medium-severity vulnerability in O.bike Obike-Stationless Bike Sharing, classified under Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-09-14.
How severe is CVE-2018-16242?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-16242 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.