CVE-2018-16203 is a critical vulnerability affecting PgpoolAdmin versions 4.0 and earlier, allowing remote attackers to bypass login authentication and gain administrative privileges to the PostgreSQL database. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security professionals.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pgpool:pgpooladmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.