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CVE-2018-25016

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-25016 describes a Host Header Injection vulnerability affecting Greenbone Security Assistant (GSA) before version 7.0.3 and Greenbone OS (GOS) before version 5.0.0. This critical vulnerability, rated 9.8 CVSS, allows an unauthenticated attacker to exploit the flaw over the network with low attack complexity, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 7.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:greenbone:greenbone_security_assistant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:greenbone:greenbone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0128 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

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 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / greenbone/gsa/pull/318
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / greenbone/gsa/releases/tag/v7.0.3
Release NotesThird Party Advisory