CVE-2018-20402 describes a critical vulnerability in Safe Software FME Server through version 2018.1, where three default accounts (guest, user, author) are created with passwords identical to their usernames. This allows unauthenticated attackers to gain high-level access to the system, as indicated by its CVSS score of 8.8 (High) and the potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2018.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:safe:fme_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.