CVE-2018-8096 in the critical feed json
Datalust Seq before 4.2.605 is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass (with the attacker obtaining admin access) via '"Name":"isauthentication…
published 2018-03-14 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-19773
- cvss
- 9.8
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 48.2%
- EPSS 48.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
- public exploits
- 1
- Exploit-DB
Summary
Datalust Seq before 4.2.605 is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass (with the attacker obtaining admin access) via '"Name":"isauthenticationenabled","Value":false' in an api/settings/setting-isauthenticationenabled PUT request.
Patch / fix
Timeline
- Published
- First public exploit (EDB-45136)
Exploit prediction
48.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- EDB-45136 Seq 4.2.476 - Authentication Bypass webapps, 2018-08-02
- medium.com https://medium.com/stolabs/bypass-admin-authentication-on-seq-17f0f9e02732 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
References
-
github.com
/datalust/seq-tickets/issues/675
patch, third-party-advisory
-
exploit-db.com
/exploits/45136/
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
-
medium.com
/stolabs/bypass-admin-authentication-on-seq-17f0f9e02732
exploit, technical-description, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2018-8096
- NVD CVE-2018-8096
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