What is CVE-2018-17401?

CVE-2018-17401 is a high-severity vulnerability in Phonepe, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-09-23.

How severe is CVE-2018-17401?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Phonepe

CVE-2018-17401

The PhonePe wallet (aka com.PhonePe.app) application 3.0.6 through 3.3.26 for Android might allow attackers to perform Account Takeover attacks by exploiting its Forgot Password feature. NOTE: the vendor says that, to exploit this, the user has to explicitly install a malicious app and provide accessibility permission to the malicious app, that the Android platform provides fair warnings to the users before turning on accessibility for any application, and that it believes it is similar to installing malicious keyboards, or malicious apps taking screenshots

EPSS: 0.012 (65.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Phonepe
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-640 — Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17401?: CVE-2018-17401 is a high-severity vulnerability in Phonepe, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-09-23.
How severe is CVE-2018-17401?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.