What is CVE-2018-6908?

CVE-2018-6908 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Rainmachine Mini-8, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-11-01.

How severe is CVE-2018-6908?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Rainmachine Mini-8

CVE-2018-6908

An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in the Green Electronics RainMachine Mini-8 (2nd Generation) and Touch HD 12 web application allowing an unauthenticated attacker to perform authenticated actions on the device via a 127.0.0.1:port value in the HTTP 'Host' header, as demonstrated by retrieving credentials.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.016 (73.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-6908?: CVE-2018-6908 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Rainmachine Mini-8, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-11-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-6908?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.