CVE-2018-16988

Critical

Description

An issue was discovered in Open XDMoD through 7.5.0. An authentication bypass (account takeover) exists due to a weak password reset mechanism. A brute-force attack against an MD5 rid value requires only 600 guesses in the plausible situation where the attacker knows that the victim has started a password-reset process (pass_reset.php, password_reset.php, XDUser.php) in the past few minutes.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductBuffalo Open Xdmod
PublishedMay 2, 2019
First seenMay 2, 2019

How to fix

Update
  • buffalo open_xdmod8.0.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
buffalo open_xdmodv < 8.0.08.0.0

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