CVE-2018-12596

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

22.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 97.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-10-10 21:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 08:38Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-06-20

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

c6e15d8c8a6b50147884e2c4653cadd028e4e1820aff3ee5af3cb3f74a7dfbdd

• www.exploit-db.com45577https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45577/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• seclists.org20181008 Ektron Content Management System (CMS) 9.20 SP2, remote re-enabling users (CVE-2018-12596)http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/15mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/alt3kx/CVE-2018-12596x_refsource_MISC
• medium.comhttps://medium.com/%40alt3kx/ektron-content-management-system-cms-9-20-sp2-remote-re-enabling-users-cve-2018-12596-bdf1e3a05158x_refsource_MISC