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CVE-2018-12457

express-cart allows any user to create an admin user

8.8 HighFix available

expressCart before 1.1.6 allows remote attackers to create an admin user via a /admin/setup Referer header.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.89%Up 0.8 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

expressCart before 1.1.6 allows remote attackers to create an admin user via a /admin/setup Referer header.

Record
CVE-2018-12457
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.5 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-732
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

expressCart before 1.1.6 allows remote attackers to create an admin user via a /admin/setup Referer header.

Record
CVE-2018-12457
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-4201 No score

expressCart before 1.1.6 allows remote attackers to create an admin user via a /admin/setup Referer header.

Record
EUVD-2022-4201
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hr89-w7p6-pjmq 8.8

express-cart allows any user to create an admin user

Express-Cart before 1.1.6 allows remote attackers to create an admin user via an /admin/setup Referer header.

Record
GHSA-hr89-w7p6-pjmq
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-732
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.8

expressCart before 1.1.6 allows remote attackers to create an admin user via a /admin/setup Referer header.

Record
CVE-2018-12457
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-hr89-w7p6-pjmq 8.8

express-cart allows any user to create an admin user

Express-Cart before 1.1.6 allows remote attackers to create an admin user via an /admin/setup Referer header.

Record
GHSA-hr89-w7p6-pjmq
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-732
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
express-cart
npm
 before 1.1.6
1.1.6

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2018-12457 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Expresscart Project Expresscart, published June 15, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.89%, the 79th percentile. Fixed in express-cart 1.1.6.

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