CVE-2018-8096 EXPLOIT
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 48.2% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 48.18% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-287 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2018-03-14 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| datalust | seq |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Seq 4.2.476 - Authentication Bypass | 2018-08-02 |
References
- https://github.com/datalust/seq-tickets/issues/675
- https://medium.com/stolabs/bypass-admin-authentication-on-seq-17f0f9e02732
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45136/
- https://github.com/datalust/seq-tickets/issues/675
- https://medium.com/stolabs/bypass-admin-authentication-on-seq-17f0f9e02732
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45136/
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