CVE-2018-8916 is an unverified password change vulnerability affecting Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) versions prior to 6.2-23739, allowing remote authenticated users to reset passwords without proper verification. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability presents a low-complexity attack vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L) that could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 6.2-23739CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:synology:diskstation_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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.