CVE•Published 2019-05-02•Modified 2026-06-08•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2018-16988Buffalo · Open_xdmod
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
54
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 46% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
An issue was discovered in Open XDMoD through 7.5.0. An authentication bypass (account takeover) exists due to a weak password reset mechanism. A brute-force attack against an MD5 rid value requires only 600 guesses in the plausible situation where the attacker knows that the victim has started a password-reset process (pass_reset.php, password_reset.php, XDUser.php) in the past few minutes.
Timeline
Published 2019-05-02
Modified 2026-06-08
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2018-16988Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Buffalo Open Xdmod"All exposed Buffalo Open Xdmod instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Open Xdmod"HTTP body or banner mentions "Open Xdmod" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2018-16988Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2018-16988Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2018-16988Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2018-16988GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2018-16988" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.