Vulnerability in Postman
CVE-2018-17215
An information-disclosure issue was discovered in Postman through 6.3.0. It validates a server's X.509 certificate and presents an error if the certificate is not valid. Unfortunately, the associated HTTPS request data is sent anyway. Only the response is not displayed. Thus, all contained information of the HTTPS request is disclosed to a man-in-the-middle attacker (for example, user credentials).
Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (49.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 49.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Sep/56 (mailing-list, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2018-016.txt (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-17215?
- CVE-2018-17215 is a high-severity vulnerability in Postman, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-09-26.
- How severe is CVE-2018-17215?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.