7.5

CVE-2018-16153: apereo opencast Insufficiently Protected Credentials

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesGHSA-hcxx-mp6g-6gr9
Published 12-12-2023Last modified 27-05-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-16153 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in apereo opencast. EPSS estimates a 0.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.83%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 1
CVE-2025-54380

Timeline

  1. 12-12-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 27-05-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in Apereo Opencast 4.x through 10.x before 10.6. It sends system digest credentials during authentication attempts to arbitrary external services in some situations.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.83%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

57%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.83% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.83%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Apereo1 product
Org.opencastproject1 product
  • opencast-common< 10.6

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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