{"id":"CVE-2018-6889","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-6889","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T23:38:15.117Z","title":"It suffers from a Host header injection vulnerability, Using this attack, a malicious user can poison the web cache or perform advanced password reset attacks or even trigger arbitrary user re-direction.","description":"An issue was discovered in Typesetter 5.1. It suffers from a Host header injection vulnerability, Using this attack, a malicious user can poison the web cache or perform advanced password reset attacks or even trigger arbitrary user re-direction.","published":"2018-02-12T03:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:02:25.000Z","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-94"],"affected":["typesettercms/typesetter"],"epss":{"score":0.06692,"percentile":0.93871,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.05368,"percentile":0.92341},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.06692,"percentile":0.93606}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2018-02-13","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":44028,"kind":"exploit","title":"TypeSetter CMS 5.1 - 'Host' Header Injection","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44028","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/44028.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/44028.txt","published":"2018-02-13","added":"2018-02-13","updated":"2018-02-13","author":"Navina Asrani","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2018-6889"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 6.7%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://securitywarrior9.blogspot.in/2018/02/host-header-injection-type-setter-cms-51.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44028/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://securitywarrior9.blogspot.in/2018/02/host-header-injection-type-setter-cms-51.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44028/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6889","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."}