CVE-2018-1000884 describes an information exposure vulnerability in Vesta CP versions prior to 0.9.8-19. This flaw, specifically a timing discrepancy in the password reset function (CWE-203), allows an unauthenticated attacker to determine password reset codes and subsequently change administrator passwords. The vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community attention with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.9.8-18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vestacp:vesta_control_panel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.