CVE-2018-12421
LTB (aka LDAP Tool Box) Self Service Password before 1.3 allows a change to a user password (without knowing the old password) via a crafted POST request, because the ldap_bind return value is mishandled and the PHP data type is not constrained to be a…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.72%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
LTB (aka LDAP Tool Box) Self Service Password before 1.3 allows a change to a user password (without knowing the old password) via a crafted POST request, because the ldap_bind return value is mishandled and the PHP data type is not constrained to be a string.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.72% probability · 86th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-640
- Affected
- ltb-project/ldap tool box self service password
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/ltb-project/self-service-password/issues/209Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ltb-project/self-service-password/issues/211Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.ltb-project.org/pipermail/ltb-announce/2018-June/000023.htmlMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/ltb-project/self-service-password/issues/209Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ltb-project/self-service-password/issues/211Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.ltb-project.org/pipermail/ltb-announce/2018-June/000023.htmlMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.