What is CVE-2018-16988?

CVE-2018-16988 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Buffalo Open_xdmod, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-05-02.

How severe is CVE-2018-16988?

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

Is CVE-2018-16988 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Buffalo Open_xdmod

CVE-2018-16988

An issue was discovered in Open XDMoD through 7.5.0. An authentication bypass (account takeover) exists due to a weak password reset mechanism. A brute-force attack against an MD5 rid value requires only 600 guesses in the plausible situat…

EPSS: 0.016 (73.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Buffalo Open_xdmod
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-640 — Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

Public proof-of-concept exploits

grymer/CVE

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16988?: CVE-2018-16988 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Buffalo Open_xdmod, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-05-02.
How severe is CVE-2018-16988?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-16988 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.