{"id":"CVE-2018-20402","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-20402","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:18:37.939Z","title":"Safe Software FME Server through 2018.1 creates and enables three additional accounts in addition to the initial administrator account.","description":"Safe Software FME Server through 2018.1 creates and enables three additional accounts in addition to the initial administrator account. The passwords to the three accounts are the same as the usernames, which are guest, user, and author. Logging in with these accounts will grant any user the default privilege roles that were also created for each of the accounts.","published":"2018-12-23T21:29:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:52:47.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-1188"],"affected":["safe/fme server"],"epss":{"score":0.01035,"percentile":0.63699,"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 (1.03%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME_Server_Documentation/Content/AdminGuide/Default_User_Accounts_and_Passwords.htm","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME_Server_Documentation/Content/AdminGuide/Default_User_Accounts_and_Passwords.htm","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20402","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."}