CVE-2018-20243
The implementation of POST with the username and password in the URL parameters exposed the credentials.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.67%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The implementation of POST with the username and password in the URL parameters exposed the credentials. More infomration is available in fineract jira issues 726 and 629.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.67% probability · 86th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-522
- Affected
- apache/fineract
- Source
- security@apache.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://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r040d46835aff3c192656b549ca82f62d87fb044ef9a9dd49408b49b4%40%3Cdev.fineract.apache.org%3EExploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r040d46835aff3c192656b549ca82f62d87fb044ef9a9dd49408b49b4%40%3Cdev.fineract.apache.org%3EExploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.