VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-12457
expressCart before 1.1.6 allows remote attackers to create an admin user via a /admin/setup Referer header.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.89%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.89%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
expressCart before 1.1.6 allows remote attackers to create an admin user via a /admin/setup Referer header.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.89% probability · 79th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-732
- Affected
- expresscart project/expresscart
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.9% 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/mrvautin/expressCart/commit/baccaae9b0b72f00b10c5453ca00231340ad3e3bPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/343626Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/express-cart?activeTab=versionsThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/mrvautin/expressCart/commit/baccaae9b0b72f00b10c5453ca00231340ad3e3bPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/343626Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/express-cart?activeTab=versionsThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.