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CVE-2018-17403

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-17403 describes a high-severity vulnerability in PhonePe wallet application versions 3.0.6 through 3.3.26 for Android, which could allow an attacker to impersonate a user and set up an account without their knowledge. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a high potential impact with complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and requires user interaction to install a malicious app and grant accessibility permissions. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.0.6, <= 3.3.26CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phonepe:phonepe:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0130 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media 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 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / magicj3lly/appexploits/blob/master/PhonePe-%20User%20Impersonation.pdf
Third Party Advisory