What is CVE-2018-17368?

CVE-2018-17368 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Publiccms. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-09-23.

How severe is CVE-2018-17368?

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

Vulnerability in Publiccms

CVE-2018-17368

An issue was discovered in PublicCMS V4.0.180825. For an invalid login attempt, the response length is different depending on whether the username is valid, which makes it easier to conduct brute-force attacks.

Published 2018-09-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 66.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Publiccms — versions 4.0.180825

References

github.com/sanluan/PublicCMS/issues/18 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17368?: CVE-2018-17368 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Publiccms. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-09-23.
How severe is CVE-2018-17368?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.