{"id":"CVE-2018-16529","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-16529","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:12:28.364Z","title":"A password reset vulnerability has been discovered in Forcepoint Email Security 8.5.x.","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.","published":"2019-03-28T17:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:44:27.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@forcepoint.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-640"],"affected":["forcepoint/email security"],"epss":{"score":0.01558,"percentile":0.75077,"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 (1.56%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://help.forcepoint.com/security/CVE/CVE-2018-16529.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@forcepoint.com"},{"url":"https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/23","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@forcepoint.com"},{"url":"https://help.forcepoint.com/security/CVE/CVE-2018-16529.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/23","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16529","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."}