What is CVE-2018-20243?

CVE-2018-20243 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Fineract, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-10-13.

How severe is CVE-2018-20243?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apache Fineract

CVE-2018-20243

The implementation of POST with the username and password in the URL parameters exposed the credentials. More infomration is available in fineract jira issues 726 and 629.

Published 2020-10-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.027 (85.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.027 · newest: 0.027 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Fineract — versions 0.4.0, 0.5.0, 0.6.0
Apache Fineract — versions 0.4.0-incubating, 0.5.0-incubating, 0.6.0-incubating, 1.0.0, 1.1.0, 1.2.0, 1.3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

lists.apache.org/thread.html/r040d46835aff3c192656b549ca82f62d87fb044ef9a9dd494… (Exploit, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20243?: CVE-2018-20243 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Fineract, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-10-13.
How severe is CVE-2018-20243?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.