CVSS 3.0
9.8 criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2018-12596
Episerver Ektron CMS before 9.0 SP3 Site CU 31, 9.1 before SP3 Site CU 45, or 9.2 before SP2 Site CU 22 allows remote attackers to call aspx pages via the "activateuser.aspx" page, even if a page is located under the /WorkArea/ path, which is forbidden (normally available exclusively for local admins).
Severity
- EPSS
- 22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 97% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-269
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- episerver:ektron_cms
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/15
- https://github.com/alt3kx/CVE-2018-12596
- https://medium.com/%40alt3kx/ektron-content-management-system-cms-9-20-sp2-remote-re-enabling-users-cve-2018-12596-bdf1e3a05158
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45577/
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/15