RCE in Typesettercms Typesetter
CVE-2018-6889
An issue was discovered in Typesetter 5.1. It suffers from a Host header injection vulnerability, Using this attack, a malicious user can poison the web cache or perform advanced password reset attacks or even trigger arbitrary user re-direction.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.067 (93.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.067 · newest: 0.067 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Typesettercms Typesetter — versions 5.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- securitywarrior9.blogspot.in/2018/02/host-header-injection-type-setter-cms-51.h… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44028/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-6889?
- CVE-2018-6889 is a high-severity vulnerability in Typesettercms Typesetter, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-02-12.
- How severe is CVE-2018-6889?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.