{"id":"CVE-2018-1000501","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-1000501","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T23:38:56.978Z","title":"Instant Update CMS contains a Password Reset Vulnerability vulnerability in /iu-application/controllers/administration/auth.php that can result in Account Tackover.","description":"Instant Update CMS contains a Password Reset Vulnerability vulnerability in /iu-application/controllers/administration/auth.php that can result in Account Tackover. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in v0.3.3.","published":"2018-06-26T16:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:32:47.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-640"],"affected":["instant-update/instant update cms"],"epss":{"score":0.01589,"percentile":0.75505,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.59%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://my.instant-update.com/t/i-wanna-to-report-an-security-issue/659/3","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/InstantUpdate/CMS/commit/5e70496b6b0c4cd554e62a709a248c1584533da6","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://my.instant-update.com/t/i-wanna-to-report-an-security-issue/659/3","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/InstantUpdate/CMS/commit/5e70496b6b0c4cd554e62a709a248c1584533da6","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000501","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}