What is CVE-2018-25111?

CVE-2018-25111 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Django-Helpdesk Project, classified under Insecure Inherited Permissions. CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2025-05-31.

How severe is CVE-2018-25111?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Django-Helpdesk Project

CVE-2018-25111

django-helpdesk before 1.0.0 allows Sensitive Data Exposure because of os.umask(0) in models.py.

Published 2025-05-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (9.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 9th percentile — 9.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Django-Helpdesk Project — versions 0
Django-Helpdesk Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-277 — Insecure Inherited Permissions

References

github.com/django-helpdesk/django-helpdesk/pull/1120 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/django-helpdesk/django-helpdesk/releases/tag/v1.0.0 (Release Notes)
github.com/django-helpdesk/django-helpdesk/issues/591 (Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-25111?: CVE-2018-25111 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Django-Helpdesk Project, classified under Insecure Inherited Permissions. CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2025-05-31.
How severe is CVE-2018-25111?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.