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CVE-2018-12596

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 22.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-10-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

Episerver Ektron CMS before 9.0 SP3 Site CU 31, 9.1 before SP3 Site CU 45, or 9.2 before SP2 Site CU 22 allows remote attackers to call aspx pages via the "activateuser.aspx" page, even if a page is located under the /WorkArea/ path, which is forbidden (normally available exclusively for local admins).

Affected products

• Episerver Ektron Cms: 9.00, 9.00-sp1, 9.00-sp2, 9.10, 9.10-sp1, 9.10-sp2 (+2)

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/15
• https://github.com/alt3kx/CVE-2018-12596
• https://medium.com/%40alt3kx/ektron-content-management-system-cms-9-20-sp2-remote-re-enabling-users-cve-2018-12596-bdf1e3a05158
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45577/
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/15
• https://github.com/alt3kx/CVE-2018-12596
• https://medium.com/%40alt3kx/ektron-content-management-system-cms-9-20-sp2-remote-re-enabling-users-cve-2018-12596-bdf1e3a05158
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45577/

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