CVE-2018-6180
A flaw in the profile section of Online Voting System 1.0 allows an unauthenticated user to set an arbitrary password for other accounts.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is critical, while EPSS rates exploitation at 4.0%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
A flaw in the profile section of Online Voting System 1.0 allows an unauthenticated user to set an arbitrary password for other accounts.
- 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
- 3.99% probability · 90th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 5 February 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- themashabrand/online voting platform
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 4.0% 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.
Public exploits (1)
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
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/146254/Online-Voting-System-Authentication-Bypass.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43967/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/146254/Online-Voting-System-Authentication-Bypass.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43967/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.