CVE-2018-20851 describes a critical vulnerability in Helpy versions prior to 2.2.0, where an authenticated agent can escalate privileges to administrative levels. This flaw carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a low-complexity attack that can be executed remotely with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been observed, the potential for a complete system compromise remains high.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:helpy.io:helpy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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