CVE-2018-6889 json
An issue was discovered in Typesetter 5.1.
published 2018-02-12 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-18634
- cvss
- 8.8
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 6.7%
- EPSS 6.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
- public exploits
- 1
- Exploit-DB
Summary
An issue was discovered in Typesetter 5.1. It suffers from a Host header injection vulnerability, Using this attack, a malicious user can poison the web cache or perform advanced password reset attacks or even trigger arbitrary user re-direction.
Timeline
- Published
- First public exploit (EDB-44028)
Exploit prediction
6.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- EDB-44028 TypeSetter CMS 5.1 - 'Host' Header Injection webapps, 2018-02-13
- securitywarrior9.blogspot.in https://securitywarrior9.blogspot.in/2018/02/host-header-injection-type-setter-cms-51.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
References
-
exploit-db.com
/exploits/44028/
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
-
securitywarrior9.blogspot.in
/2018/02/host-header-injection-type-setter-cms-51.html
exploit, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2018-6889
- NVD CVE-2018-6889
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