CVE-2018-16988 Auth bypass in n/a
Attackers can take over accounts by brute-forcing weak MD5-based password reset tokens in Open XDMoD.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-16988?
CVE-2018-16988 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 May 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Open XDMoD through 7.5.0. An authentication bypass (account takeover) exists due to a weak password reset mechanism. A brute-force attack against an MD5 rid value requires only 600 guesses in the plausible situation where the attacker knows that the victim has started a password-reset process (pass_reset.php, password_reset.php, XDUser.php) in the past few minutes.
Weakness: CWE-640
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-16988?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Buffalo Open Xdmod.
How do I fix CVE-2018-16988?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-16988 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2018-16988 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-16988 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2026-45777 Open XDMoD Vulnerable to Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) via OS Command Injection
- CVE-2026-45779 Open XDMoD Vulnerable to Unauthenticated SQL Injection Leading to Full Database Compromise
- CVE-2026-45778 Open XDMoD Vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Password Reset
- CVE-2018-16961 Path traversal in n/a
- CVE-2018-16960 Cross-site scripting in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-42xw-2v8p-rrf7.