CVE Catalog

CVE-2018-25350

CriticalCVSS 9.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.43%

35th percentile - higher than 35% of all known CVEs

Summary

userSpice 4.3.24 has a username enumeration vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker can send POST requests to existingUsernameCheck.php and analyze responses to find existing accounts.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can gather a list of valid usernames, facilitating brute-force or phishing attacks against user accounts.

Recommendation

Update userSpice to the latest version. Consider adding response delay mechanisms or CAPTCHA to username-checking endpoints.

Original NVD description (English source)

userSpice 4.3.24 contains a username enumeration vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to discover valid usernames by sending POST requests to the existingUsernameCheck.php endpoint. Attackers can submit usernames and analyze response text for the 'taken' string to identify existing accounts in the system.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS