CVE-2018-16529
A password reset vulnerability has been discovered in Forcepoint Email Security 8.5.x.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.56%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A password reset vulnerability has been discovered in Forcepoint Email Security 8.5.x. The password reset URL can be used after the intended expiration period or after the URL has already been used to reset a password.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.56% probability · 75th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-640
- Affected
- forcepoint/email security
- Source
- psirt@forcepoint.com
EPSS 1.6% 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://help.forcepoint.com/security/CVE/CVE-2018-16529.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/23Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://help.forcepoint.com/security/CVE/CVE-2018-16529.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/23Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.