What is CVE-2018-20402?

CVE-2018-20402 is a high-severity vulnerability in Safe Fme Server, classified under Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-12-23.

How severe is CVE-2018-20402?

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

RCE in Safe Fme Server

CVE-2018-20402

Safe Software FME Server through 2018.1 creates and enables three additional accounts in addition to the initial administrator account. The passwords to the three accounts are the same as the usernames, which are guest, user, and author. Logging in with these accounts will grant any user the default privilege roles that were also created for each of the accounts.

EPSS: 0.010 (60.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Safe Fme_server
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1188 — Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20402?: CVE-2018-20402 is a high-severity vulnerability in Safe Fme Server, classified under Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-12-23.
How severe is CVE-2018-20402?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.