Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-16988
CVE-2018-16988
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.
AI Insight
LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.
Affected products
2- Open XDMoD/Open XDMoDdescription
- Range: <=7.5.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- github.com/grymer/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-16988.mdnvdThird Party Advisory
News mentions
0No linked articles in our index yet.