What is CVE-2018-5261?

CVE-2018-5261 is a high-severity vulnerability in Flexense Diskboss, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-02-02.

How severe is CVE-2018-5261?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-5261 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Flexense Diskboss

CVE-2018-5261

An issue was discovered in Flexense DiskBoss 8.8.16 and earlier. Due to the usage of plaintext information from the handshake as input for the encryption key used for the encryption of the rest of the session, the server and client disclos…

EPSS: 0.005 (37.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Flexense Diskboss
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-311 — Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5261?: CVE-2018-5261 is a high-severity vulnerability in Flexense Diskboss, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-02-02.
How severe is CVE-2018-5261?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-5261 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.