CVE-2018-5955
User controlled input is not sufficiently filtered, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to add a user to the server via the username and password fields to the rest/user/ URI.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 81.4%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
An issue was discovered in GitStack through 2.3.10. User controlled input is not sufficiently filtered, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to add a user to the server via the username and password fields to the rest/user/ URI.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 81.43% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 15 January 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- smartmobilesoftware/gitstack
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 75.8% on 21 September 2026 to 81.4% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3557Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44356/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3557Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44356/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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